2005 3.8 V/6 Doge mini van. 156,000 miles. We just got it for free because of the engine noise.
We had the oil pan off to change the very loose timing chain. It did not help the noise. About an inch of sludge in the pan but the rest of the engine looked amazingly clean,like new.
My theroy is that the block leaked coolant/water into the engine and created the sludge. I put stopleak in the coolant and it stopped the leak.
Not worth doing much else to the engine. We have driven it about 1,200 miles and it has got not gotten worse. Have Napa Gold filter and high milage Mobil 5-30 semi synthetic in it now.
Thnking of trying 10-40 synthetic or 20-50 dyno to quiet help quit it down.
Any thoughts? Thanks!
We had the oil pan off to change the very loose timing chain. It did not help the noise. About an inch of sludge in the pan but the rest of the engine looked amazingly clean,like new.
My theroy is that the block leaked coolant/water into the engine and created the sludge. I put stopleak in the coolant and it stopped the leak.
Not worth doing much else to the engine. We have driven it about 1,200 miles and it has got not gotten worse. Have Napa Gold filter and high milage Mobil 5-30 semi synthetic in it now.
Thnking of trying 10-40 synthetic or 20-50 dyno to quiet help quit it down.
Any thoughts? Thanks!