2002 Grand Caravan blower fan

From : bruce d bruce dot dyk at gmail dot com

Q: quite an amazing story - why did you not go to dodge or the original dealer for the fix or even champion nice story but not credible .

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From : maxpower

bob wrote bob wrote on thu 7 oct 2004 john kunkel wrote the engine speed is not connected with the oil consumption. if your engine consumed or lost 4 quarts of oil in 800 miles you either have a whipped engine or a large leak. disagree many vans had ridiculously low axle ratios and the absence of od would have the motor running at 3500+ rpms at freeway speeds. a tired motor will suck more oil at 3500 than it will at 1800. ...and a non-tired engine will use no more oil at 3500 than at 1800. but it will get tired at least twice as fast not necessarily. matt if everything else is equal it certainly well. everything else isnt even close to equal. it is pretty well documented that most wear occurs during startup especially when the engine is cold. running at twice the rpm doesnt yield even close to twice the rate of wear. the difference in fact may be virtually negligible. cars that are run long periods at a time and not started all that often especially cold starts tend to have engines that last a lot longer. matt .