Sounds like a happy end to a bad story for once.
Good luck and keep us posted, on how the rebuilt motor goes.
Al.

 

Glad to see you got things fixed in a timely manner I waswondering the cost on a new hemi engine for my truck I plan on replacing theengine before the truck as much as I am driving it I have an 07 with over150,000 miles on it my old Ramcharger lasted 350,000 can't say I see thisengine doing the same……

 

The rebuild was $2690 assuming the core is all usable. I thought they were going to charge me for another crankcase but I don't see that they added it to the bill. I had them do the remove and replace which is supposed to be $1351 but they discounted it $351. The rebuild included thermostat and spark plugs but I had to buy the water pump and hoses. Also quite a few exhaust bolts. All said with tax it was $4180. Mine is a 2500 so it might cost a little different. The guy at the shop did not recommend any chrysler engines with ending with a 7. I guess that means 2.7, 3.7, 4.7 and 5.7. He did think that my 2.4 engine in the Dodge Stratus is a good engine.

 

See, you can fix any problem by throwing money at it!



Joking aside... What's wrong with the 3.7/4.7/5.7 line? Aside from the 3.7 having no place in a full size, and the 4.7 being a tad on the economical side of things. The 5.7 is a great workhorse gasser. My buddy has the 1500 5.7 with a factory 2500 transmission and suspension package which he uses for towing regularly in his line of work. Having ridden shotgun while towing a heavy old S10 on a car hauler, his truck hit 55 faster than my 4.7 hits 65...

 

Thanks, I have the 5.7 have not had any problems other then genral issues spark plugs battery and whatnot

 

Its hard to find information on the average age or mileage of an engine before rebuild. I am guessing he was talking from a reliability point of few based on way they see. It would be nice to see information but I don't think any statistics are collected. Of caorse many are because of overheating or running low on oil. I bought my truck used with 125,000 miles on it so its to know how it was used before. I was certainly thinking that 200,000 miles was more the norm on the 5.7.