Originally Posted By: lipadj46
Pics or it never happened...
Seriously where is the sludge pron?
I'll have pics after I get off of work-
On the 4.7l the oil feed neck is made out of plastic and extends out of the valve cover about 10'' or so and this was creating the milky white foam that people started complaining about Chrysler's "fix" to this was to come out with a new cap and a plastic baffle that goes into the fill neck. All this did though was cut off the valve from view from the filler hole.
Out of sight out of mind was what Chrysler was going for, well the baffle can be taken out so I took mine out just to get a glimpse of the valves and they are disgusting from what I can see, it isn't the milky white condensation it is actual black sludge build up, [censored] it even was on the lower of 1/4 of the baffle itself, little sludge balls all over it.
I want to make it clear that the 4.7l is a fantastic engine, strong as a mother*&*&*&, Chrysler just made a mistake with the oil feed neck which is what caused all of these issues. My theory, now this is just MY PERSONAL THEORY, the 4.7 oil issues didn't start to pop up until the early 2000s, a couple years after the 4.7 had been out so if Chrysler actually admitted that the mistake was theirs and it wasn't the owner not taking care of the vehicle think of all the engines that Chrysler would have had to replace (Ultimately the engines were coming up blown because oil was no longer able to circulate). Instead they came up with this milky white just being an unsightly normal process and modern oils would clean it up so they said that this baffle would "fix" the problem even further. They say that the baffle will reduce the amount of foam but all it did was restrict it to the lower half of the feed neck.
Here is the letter that Chrysler sent out on the problem:
ACCUMULATION OF FOAMY OIL EMULSION 4.7L ENGINE OIL FILL HOUSING
Date: 09/11/00 (02/00)
Bulletin # 090100A (supercedes 090100)
Model year(s): 1999-2000
Description:A customer may complain of an oil emulsion accumulation inside the engine oil fill housing. The oil emulsion will normally be foamy and be gray or light brown in color. The emulsion accumulation will often occur on cooler engine surfaces, like the inside of the oil fill housing. Modern engine oils are designed to address the oil emulsion phenomenon. Oil emulsion accumulation is normal and will not damage the engine A new baffle and a revised oil fill housing cap have been released. The baffle and oil cap will help to reduce the amount of oil emulsion accumulation within the oil fill housing.
Details: If the customer has experienced this issue, then perform the Repair Procedure.
Parts required:
53032126AA Baffle, Oil Fill Housing
53032389AC Cap, Oil Fill Housing
Pics or it never happened...
Seriously where is the sludge pron?
I'll have pics after I get off of work-
On the 4.7l the oil feed neck is made out of plastic and extends out of the valve cover about 10'' or so and this was creating the milky white foam that people started complaining about Chrysler's "fix" to this was to come out with a new cap and a plastic baffle that goes into the fill neck. All this did though was cut off the valve from view from the filler hole.
Out of sight out of mind was what Chrysler was going for, well the baffle can be taken out so I took mine out just to get a glimpse of the valves and they are disgusting from what I can see, it isn't the milky white condensation it is actual black sludge build up, [censored] it even was on the lower of 1/4 of the baffle itself, little sludge balls all over it.
I want to make it clear that the 4.7l is a fantastic engine, strong as a mother*&*&*&, Chrysler just made a mistake with the oil feed neck which is what caused all of these issues. My theory, now this is just MY PERSONAL THEORY, the 4.7 oil issues didn't start to pop up until the early 2000s, a couple years after the 4.7 had been out so if Chrysler actually admitted that the mistake was theirs and it wasn't the owner not taking care of the vehicle think of all the engines that Chrysler would have had to replace (Ultimately the engines were coming up blown because oil was no longer able to circulate). Instead they came up with this milky white just being an unsightly normal process and modern oils would clean it up so they said that this baffle would "fix" the problem even further. They say that the baffle will reduce the amount of foam but all it did was restrict it to the lower half of the feed neck.
Here is the letter that Chrysler sent out on the problem:
ACCUMULATION OF FOAMY OIL EMULSION 4.7L ENGINE OIL FILL HOUSING
Date: 09/11/00 (02/00)
Bulletin # 090100A (supercedes 090100)
Model year(s): 1999-2000
Description:A customer may complain of an oil emulsion accumulation inside the engine oil fill housing. The oil emulsion will normally be foamy and be gray or light brown in color. The emulsion accumulation will often occur on cooler engine surfaces, like the inside of the oil fill housing. Modern engine oils are designed to address the oil emulsion phenomenon. Oil emulsion accumulation is normal and will not damage the engine A new baffle and a revised oil fill housing cap have been released. The baffle and oil cap will help to reduce the amount of oil emulsion accumulation within the oil fill housing.
Details: If the customer has experienced this issue, then perform the Repair Procedure.
Parts required:
53032126AA Baffle, Oil Fill Housing
53032389AC Cap, Oil Fill Housing
