Jenn wrote: > > It sounds like a winding top that's never going to release. The best > I can describe it (because I'm not automotively inclined lol) is that > it's the sound your car makes when you desperately need to change the > oil, such as when you're 3000 miles OVER getting it changed. > ====================================
It's a 2.7, right? Have the engine checked out. NOW. If you weren't aware, this engine has had problems with oil starvation to bearings and timing chain due to sludge buildup. Also the water pump on that motor, if it leaks, does so into the crankcase, which contaminates the oil. A lot of these engines have failed long before 70,000 miles, and they have NOT had the added strain of someone driving it at over 100mph four or five times a year. The best way to avoid the sludge problem seems to be to use synthetic oil. There is no way to solve the problem of water contamination when the water pump leaks. -GP ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/46t0lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Web: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid> Subscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Moderator: <mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
