Dodge Caliber
From : miles
Q: anyone know much about this new vehicle im thinking about selling one of my trucks dont need more than 1 anymore and getting something just to commute back and forth to work in. the new caliber uses almost entirely new technology at least for dodge from the 3 different world engines to the cvt transmission. anyone have any comments as to the expected reliability of any of the 3 engine choices or the new shiftless transmission .
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From : miles
roy wrote i wouldnt venture a guess. who makes the engine its a joint venture between hyundai mitsubishi and dc. .
From : roy
anyone know much about this new vehicle im thinking about selling one of my trucks dont need more than 1 anymore and getting something just to commute back and forth to work in. the new caliber uses almost entirely new technology at least for dodge from the 3 different world engines to the cvt transmission. anyone have any comments as to the expected reliability of any of the 3 engine choices or the new shiftless transmission i was in for service and asked one of the salesman. he said they cant get enough of them didnt have any on the lot. roy .
From : roymiles
roy wrote i was in for service and asked one of the salesman. he said they cant get enough of them didnt have any on the lot. yep. theyre selling alot of them. my dealership has quite a few. i have to think the cvt transmission will be reliable. it is made by jatco who is the same company that makes the cvt for nissan as well as others. are modern 4-banger all aluminum engines typically reliable my knowledge of aluminum engines is mostly from the 70s when reliability was rather rare. .
From : roy
roy wrote i was in for service and asked one of the salesman. he said they cant get enough of them didnt have any on the lot. yep. theyre selling alot of them. my dealership has quite a few. i have to think the cvt transmission will be reliable. it is made by jatco who is the same company that makes the cvt for nissan as well as others. are modern 4-banger all aluminum engines typically reliable my knowledge of aluminum engines is mostly from the 70s when reliability was rather rare. i wouldnt venture a guess. who makes the engine roy .
From : clare at snyder on ca
on sun 14 may 2006 174205 -0700 miles nope@nopers.com wrote roy wrote i was in for service and asked one of the salesman. he said they cant get enough of them didnt have any on the lot. yep. theyre selling alot of them. my dealership has quite a few. i have to think the cvt transmission will be reliable. it is made by jatco who is the same company that makes the cvt for nissan as well as others. are modern 4-banger all aluminum engines typically reliable my knowledge of aluminum engines is mostly from the 70s when reliability was rather rare. today some of the very best engines in the world reliability wise are aluminum 4 bangers. *** posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com *** .
From : the office jet
roy wrote anyone know much about this new vehicle im thinking about selling one of my trucks dont need more than 1 anymore and getting something just to commute back and forth to work in. the new caliber uses almost entirely new technology at least for dodge from the 3 different world engines to the cvt transmission. anyone have any comments as to the expected reliability of any of the 3 engine choices or the new shiftless transmission i was in for service and asked one of the salesman. he said they cant get enough of them didnt have any on the lot. roy i really like the caliber. it is relatively inexpensive has quite a bit of space for its size and has a lot of features that add to it. the ipod holder is a great touch as is the cooler glovebox. .
From : miles
ron wrote amen can you say v e g a friend had one what a nightmare - my brother had one too. i believe its problem was in mating a cast head to an aluminum block or vis-versa. the two metals expand at different rates so head gasket blowouts were frequent. .
From : christopher thompson
ron wrote amen can you say v e g a friend had one what a nightmare - my brother had one too. i believe its problem was in mating a cast head to an aluminum block or vis-versa. the two metals expand at different rates so head gasket blowouts were frequent. simmular problem was contributing to the neon head gasket issues thus the multi layer steel gasket used in the tsb. -- -chris 05 ctd 06 liberty crd .
From : clare at snyder on ca
on mon 15 may 2006 170745 -0700 miles nope@nopers.com wrote ron wrote amen can you say v e g a friend had one what a nightmare - my brother had one too. i believe its problem was in mating a cast head to an aluminum block or vis-versa. the two metals expand at different rates so head gasket blowouts were frequent. no the problem was inadequate cooling. this caused problems with the iron plated aluminyum pistons in the high silicon aluminum cyls. when they overheated the cyls scuffed and they turned into bug foggers. the same technology was used by porsche successfully - with adequate cooling. *** posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com *** .
From : miles
clare at snyder.on.ca wrote no the problem was inadequate cooling. this caused problems with the iron plated aluminyum pistons in the high silicon aluminum cyls. when they overheated the cyls scuffed and they turned into bug foggers. the same technology was used by porsche successfully - with adequate cooling. blown head gaskets were very common with the vegas. i had always heard its because of the use of the block and head being dissimilar metals with an insufficient gasket to allow for expansion variations. the problem you noted i believe was another bad issue with this engine. the vegas were just lousy all around! .
From : roy
clare at snyder.on.ca wrote no the problem was inadequate cooling. this caused problems with the iron plated aluminyum pistons in the high silicon aluminum cyls. when they overheated the cyls scuffed and they turned into bug foggers. the same technology was used by porsche successfully - with adequate cooling. blown head gaskets were very common with the vegas. i had always heard its because of the use of the block and head being dissimilar metals with an insufficient gasket to allow for expansion variations. the problem you noted i believe was another bad issue with this engine. the vegas were just lousy all around! not when ya put a small block in them! g roy -- guy.com 30gb $9.95 carry forward and on demand bandwidth .
From : clare at snyder on ca
on mon 15 may 2006 191718 -0700 miles nope@nopers.com wrote clare at snyder.on.ca wrote no the problem was inadequate cooling. this caused problems with the iron plated aluminyum pistons in the high silicon aluminum cyls. when they overheated the cyls scuffed and they turned into bug foggers. the same technology was used by porsche successfully - with adequate cooling. blown head gaskets were very common with the vegas. i had always heard its because of the use of the block and head being dissimilar metals with an insufficient gasket to allow for expansion variations. the problem you noted i believe was another bad issue with this engine. the vegas were just lousy all around! the head gasket problem was also an artifact of the poor cooling issue. putting a 3 or 4 core rad in made the vega a much better albeit still lousy car. gm has never figured out how to make a good small car. their captive imports tended to be somewhat better than their american produced stuff. the vauxhaul viva hc sold as firenza in canada was not a great car but in many ways was far superior to both the vega and the american built chevette. *** posted via a free usenet account from http//www.tera.com *** .
From : ron
snip are modern 4-banger all aluminum engines typically reliable my knowledge of aluminum engines is mostly from the 70s when reliability was rather rare. amen can you say v e g a friend had one what a nightmare - .