Andrew, I am one of the few, if ANY, happy 2.7 L Intrepid owners when it comes to engine issues. My 2000 Intrepid 2.7L had, I believe, 174,000 miles on it before the timing chain broke and I had to have the engine rebuilt due to it being an interference motor. (And, yes, I said REBUILT.) It now has 245,000 miles on it.
I don't think the timing chain just broke. I think something else broke. The reason I say that is b/c it appears that a piece of metal got stuck between the crankshaft sprocket and timing chain, which caused the chain to break. I will tell you that my biggest problem with my Intrepid is the coolant reservoir tank. I have replaced it 3-4 times. It splits right at seam. I know reasons why this happens and can recall only once that coolant was low. Other than that, NO COMPLAINTS! Brian P Ha-- In [email protected], "Andrew" <Pavesa@...>ever wrote: > > Hey, Ozzietron and suzukimx45, thanks for your info on this and thank you > very much for the time your took to respond to my posting. > > I really don't want to offend anyone here, but I'm just trying to get at > whether the timing chain going on the 2.7 as a group is really an endemic > problem because that's what I need to make my decision on, not on whether one > person has had this happen. Mine hasn't broken and I need to assess the > likelihood of it happening and that decision has to be based on how prevalent > this problem is in 2.7's. If we made decisions on getting stuff changed based > on whether one person had suffered any particular problem our cars would be > in the garage all the time, right? Also, cars can get an unwarranted overall > reputation based on what happened to a few rightly infuriated users, we all > know that. > > So maybe long time users of the forum might have seen a disproportionate > number of postings along the lines that "my 2.7's timing chain broke!" > > Andrew > ------------------------------------ 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dodge_intrepid/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
