The Worst Engines Ever Built: 2.7L Chrysler Edition

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[richarddefaria]

I got 400 000 km out of my engine. Change oil and do maintenance. Was a great engine

[ralphalvarado]

Let clarify that statement sir I have an Intrepid with the 2.7 yes have issues with the water pump and yes build sludge. But all of that happens when people change the oil once a year and of course people will buy the Dollar Tree 🌲 special oil and the cheapest filter they can get . This not a Honda Toyota a Nissan where you can run the engine without oil or change it. I have been using mobile1 synthetic I have gone up to 5k miles without issue so the problem is not the engine is the owners and by the way I beat living 💩 of that car and still going .

[natertater]

When it comes to that line up...if it ends in 7 it's going to heaven..

[thelonewrangler]

Id like to know your take on GMs 1.8ecotech turbo

[westreaper]

So there was a 2.7, a 3.7, a 4.7, and a 5.7

[colinschmitz]

The biggest tragedy is that Chrysler didn't use the 3.3 in these applications. The 3.3 was bulletproof.

[zorans]

The 2.7L is a very tough engine, i have a 2003 intrepid and it has 330, 000km i bought it with a blown water pump and sludged up motor at i believe at 140, 000km, anyways i cleaned that entire engine out with diesel and transmission fluid mixture, i fired up the car for 15 mins and then drained the pan, most of the sludge came out in liquid form.. i repeated the process untill everything was clean, i took off the valve covers to change the gaskets and kid you not it looked new under there, the thing that stopped my car was the green coil power wire that runs to a capacitor bolted to the valve cover, it shorted out against the engine, i replaced the 20A fuse and checked the injectors and changed the cam sensors and crank sensor but now it wont fire up.. extremely weird, the only codes are for transmission and rad fan, which is very weird.. anyways im down to the conclusion that the ECU is fried,

They are very well built engines, lots of power, and the car sails down the highway..

[bmxmaddness]

So thats part of the reason there’s a decent amount of pt cruisers at the junkyard I work at

[jwagner]

The worst customers to keep the regular maintenance schedule on time: Chrysler customers from 90/00's

[hitektoo]

Is the 3.5 engine good/reliable? I like the old school 300m but would never touch the any with the 2.7.

[petertornabeni]

Bob lutz, you stripped out costs and you went cheap. I blame you.

[kevinwatkins]

Is this the same or similar as the horrid 2.8 v6 that came in early Chrysler products?

[phillipthethird]

Is that the engine that they put in the '90's model Dodge Intrepid ?

[Wambampy]

Can someone explain specifically what causes PT cruiser engines to fail?

[blackwolfalch]

I think my 2004 Chrysler Sebring had this motor

[Lzrdman]

Are there any Chryslers that are good?