Originally Posted by
Sprung
Add my van to the list of dead things in the Dead-Out. It bit the dust.
I got some valuable information today, regarding the oil pumps in the Dodge 3.3L engines. They almost never fail. In almost every incidence, excessive wear on the main bearings causes the conditions I am experiencing now. And with 230,000 miles, I would expect that as well. Besides, replacing the oil pump is not as straight forward as I expected. You have to strip the entirety of the front if the engine, pull the timing cover, chain, pull a pressed in drive gear off the crank, and pull the actual cogs out of the pump housing to rebuild the oil pump. I don't have the tools to do all that, and I'm not sure the van is worth sinking that kind of money into anyway.
A friend of mine is letting me borrow his truck until I can find a good car. I am seriously in his debt.
Suffice to say, today did not qualify as a good day.