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#68 of 101 Solution to your Oil Consumption Problems. by gruger Mar 29, 2008 (5:11 pm)
The Concept is simple "Wear and Tear". The more you drive your car, the more carbon you will have build up in the engine, the more your pistons will wear at the same time. You all are thowing 1000's of dollars at what a $1 product can do. I sound like a oxymoron to you right now, but YOU WILL THANK ME LATER. I had the same problem of oil consumption in my PAC '05. Saw the same oil build up. Simple Solution.   1) Change your Oil !!! 2) Buy any additive oil "lubricator" product and add it to your motor oil when its WARM!!!.     The product I added is "Howes Lubricator Miracle Master" ENGINE BLOCK SEALER & CONDITIONER. It's a 12 oz bottle for 89 cents. But like I said ANY lubricator product can do. And you DO NOT have to do this at every oil change. I have done it twice and have since seen a tremendous difference in engine performance and oil consumption. Can be used on Gas or Diesel Engines.   Thank me later
#69 of 101 Oil pan for 2004 3.5L Pacifica? Someone? Anyone? by pssimon May 08, 2008 (4:15 am)
#70 of 101 Oil pan for 2004 3.5L Pacifica? Someone? Anyone? by pssimon May 08, 2008 (4:15 am)
For whatever reason, which isn't important at this point, I am in need of a new oil pan for my 2004 FWD 3.5L Pacifica. The threads are shot on the drain spout. Even though they plugged the drain spout when the damage occurred so I could keep using the car, it is not usable anymore. I need to replace the pan, so I can get a functioning drain spout. These pans are not available anywhere!!!   I find it hard to believe that they aren't around. My dealer told me it is back ordered through Chrysler till at least June! I have been waiting since early April! Sad thing is I need an oil change now. At about 500 miles a week it adds up quickly. Once they remove that plug they say they won't be able to close it up again!   If anyone knows where I can obtain a new oil pan I would be very grateful.   Thanks in advance...   ---Paul in Southern NJ Replies to this message: 614jj (Jan 24, 2009 6:21 am) Trucker56 (Feb 11, 2009 7:44 pm)
#71 of 101 Oil Separator by waterdr May 25, 2008 (4:25 pm)
All cars will burn a little oil....it is actually part of the emissions system. Vaporized oil will get sucked back into the intake and litteraly burned in the combustion chamber. You should never burn so much that you see any large loss between oil changes. I would think a half a quart every 6,000 miles might be in the range of "normal" for some cars....even on the extreme end.   You can buy an oil separator which will actually capture the oil prior to putting back into the intake. These can be built with parts frm Home Depot for about $20 or you can buy complete for $60 to $100. Not sure if anyone has built any for PAC's, but the concept is the same no matter the car.   The separator will actually capture the oil so you can actually measure the loss. I have one for my Mustang. The motor is all stock, but the car make 450 fwhp which is nearly double what the car made from the factory. The separator allows me to do two things:   1 - Establish a baseline for oil loss (which is currently very little). That way, if the amount of oil increases, I will know if I have a problem and then would need to perform a compression test.   2 - Burning oil can caused knock and ping when pushing 10 psi of boost on a car like this. So, separating the oil prevents this issue.
#72 of 101 Goodbye, Pacifica! ...hello, Town and Country! by qpower Jun 02, 2008 (11:10 pm)
Just couldn't stand the potential for trouble with this beast anymore! Traded it today for a new 08 T&C Touring Signature Edition - got a fine cash price ($27273) for the new vehicle and $13500 for the 05 Pacifica AWD Touring, DVD, Moonroof, and 46000 miles... that was well above auction prices for these cars. In retrospect, I had real concerns with the oil consumption of this engine and didn't want to wait for the inevitable.   Good luck to the rest of you - if only Chrysler had acted in the best interests of its customers, I might still be driving the Pac...   Geoff
#73 of 101 I'm in the same boat!! by yaknow9 Jul 01, 2008 (5:12 am)
I have a 2005 AWD Touring Pacifica, in Dec 07 had Converter replaced!!! This to me is a result of the 3 qts low issues which was not really apparent to me until I had this work done. Now i'm doing the every 1000 mile oil consumption check pain!! I have the extended warranty until 100000 miles I'm at approx 61,000 now. I too love this car but now have my doubts. Why dosent Chrysler do a recall on this?? Maybe we all have to complian to get that going. Replies to this message: dcgnlmg (Jul 06, 2008 4:26 pm) hozz (Jul 06, 2008 8:09 pm) qpower (Jul 07, 2008 3:45 am)
#74 of 101 Oil problems have lead to engine problems by dcgnlmg Jul 06, 2008 (4:26 pm)
Replying to: yaknow9 (Jul 01, 2008 5:12 am) I started out with my 05 AWD Touring Pacifica burning a qt of oil ever 800 miles. I was jerked around by the company for about a year. They finally went in and found out that the rings at the bottom of the pistons were bad. It was a manufacturer issue. About 4000 miles after the rebuild my engine blew up: a piston broke in to tiny pieces, two rods broke and the block cracked. A new (re manufactured) engine was then put in the car and about 350 miles later the engine light came on. The dealership (a different one than the one who rebuilt the engine) did not install it correctly. Now, my car is at a third dealership getting ready to have the engine taken out for a third time in six months. This is getting ridiculous. Thank God I bought the extended warranty, but that doesn't provide coverage for all of the hassle and stress that my family has had to put up with. Chrysler needs to step up and do something, but they are not. It is just sad. Replies to this message: hozz (Jul 06, 2008 8:09 pm) qpower (Jul 07, 2008 3:45 am)
#75 of 101 Re: Oil problems have lead to engine problems [dcgnlmg] by hozz Jul 06, 2008 (8:09 pm)
Replying to: dcgnlmg (Jul 06, 2008 4:26 pm) I too have the same problem with my 2006 Pacifica Touring....under 28k miles and it BURNS OIL. Check out my blog on what I have dealt with:   http://home.comcast.net/~rjv76/site/ Replies to this message: qpower (Jul 07, 2008 3:45 am)
#76 of 101 Re: Oil problems have lead to engine problems [hozz] by qpower Jul 07, 2008 (3:45 am)
Replying to: hozz (Jul 06, 2008 8:09 pm) I read your blog posts and you need to step up to the reality of owning a large, complex mechanical device!   You do need to check oil levels every time you fill the gas tank, I am sure that this advice is within the owner's manual. You need to check tire pressures frequently too! This isn't to say that you need to like the exercise, rather that it is a function of ownership and maintenance of the vehicle. It may be too tiresome for you to own this vehicle!   That said, I have posted here about my own 2005 Pacifica oil consumption issues and there is NO Doubt that Chrysler is hiding from their responsibilities to step up and claim this oil over-consumption as a function of poor engineering or faulty engine construction, you can take your pick...   I solved the situation after running around with the local dealers over the issue by trading the vehicle back and buying a 2008 T&C van with a strong trade-in value. It is not an ideal situation and I liked some aspects of the vehicle, but frankly, there was more wrong with the ride handling too, that I decided to move on -   Sooner or later, you will decide to move on, you need to make that choice!   The whole incident is painful and egregious corporate behavior, especially as I had a VW New Beetle with oil overuse and VW absolutely fixed that!   You can not fight them if they are intransigent, but you could hire big city lawyers and start a class action suit.... maybe...   I got 46K miles use in less than three years and took the exit, receiving 13,5K for the trade on a $29K cost... good considering they started out at 11,2!   Good Luck,   Geoff
#77 of 101 Oil Hog - Not just 05's... by badpac Jul 14, 2008 (9:49 am)
This beast alone seems to be propping up the artificially high price of oil all by itself... My 04 Pac w/76K uses a quart every 800 mi. now. Hadn't realized when it started, probably around 70K. Having just gone over my extended warranty limit (70K) I will dump it unless anyone can tell me that chrysler is owning up to the debacle. Can anyone give a price as to what the o-ring replacement cost has been? Thanks.

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