Ecoboost Engine Video
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Originally Posted by Krochus
No that was a diffrent engine, But almost as crappy!
Yeaahh I had a girlfriend in the early 90s that had a Sun-dance with a crappy motor...She ended up with a Ford Escort when it was said and done..
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Originally Posted by Krochus
Are you kidding? The cylinder heads on these engines were unbelievably fragile. I've seen several of these engines go through 2 and 3 cyl heads in the first 70K. They're so bad that you can pertty well bet that if a head had been run on an engine that it has cracked.
None of these cars are on the road today due to the lack of uncracked servicable heads. If you have a 2.2 turbo cyl head that ISN'T cracked (very unlikely) you can just about name your price for it.
None of these cars are on the road today due to the lack of uncracked servicable heads. If you have a 2.2 turbo cyl head that ISN'T cracked (very unlikely) you can just about name your price for it.
Bash them all you want, but My turbo Dodges are just fine. I don't know where you live, but there are many 2.5/2.2L Mopars still on the road in my area. Lots, of acclaims, and vans are still around. I will admit that some of them could have head gasket problems though.
Most of machinist work needed on these heads is due to the head gasket problems and overheating the engine.
Being that I repair cars/trucks for a living, I have only seen one 2.5L head crack, out of quite a few head gasket jobs. Never saw a bottom end go bad, but they can get wrist pin noise.
Last edited by 92f150I6; Jan 23, 2008 at 10:42 PM.
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Originally Posted by 92f150I6
I don't know where you live, but there are many 2.5/2.2L Mopars still on the road in my area. Lots, of acclaims, and vans are still around.
Could be all in the maintenance. Just not changing the coolant enough can cause all sorts of problems...
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