Availability of the new cooler is very low. Hopefully my order went through, as I have not yet received confirmation that it has been processed. Has anyone found a coolant that mixes happily with the Chrysler purple?Īs an aside, does it not occur to car companies that keeping an obviously defective part in production for 20 years does nothing for their rep? Seriously, they designed a whole car ffs, surely they could have been arsed enough to put their own aluminum oil filter/cooler in production? The failure rate on these is high enough to have spawned several aftermarket suppliers for the same bad product. This would not be an issue if the Chrysler dealer wasn't asking $50/jug for the OEM stuff. I see some coolants purporting to be useable in all models regardless of coolant, but the consequences of a screw-up can be dire, with the coolant basically turning into a jelly inside the motor. Unfortunately, it seems the OAT purple coolant used in this engine does not play well with some other coolants, including earlier orange HOAT coolants used in the same engine. Until it arrives, and until it warms up enough to do the job, I want to nurse it along, since it is more of a weepy leak than a gusher. I have ordered an all-metal Dorman unit to replace it and hopefully banish this particular demon (see what I did there) for good. The original (?) lasted a mere 90,000km, and the replacement I put in last year is already leaking.
Well, as much as I like my Pentastar, I will readily admit the oil cooler design is a piece of crap.
0 kommentar(er)
