It's not that I really needed 370 hp...but having 150+ hp riding shotgun at a moment's bidding w/o a 6000 rpm moonshot is what makes me feel like I'm in the right car for me. The roar of a v8 seals the deal!
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Again, randycat99, I agree. If Chrysler has to stamp 'Save The Whales' on every V8 car one day, so be it. We just have to use ingenuity to make the cars into something we really want - that's American too.
Need a little help, I have a 5.7 2011 dodge challenger was almost out of gas and to stretch the dollar till I got home pumped 10 dollars of 87 octane. On the way home I recall smelling a weird gas smell. While on the highway my mds disabled, check engine light turned on and when I got home code was p0019. Took it to the delearship and they basically shut light off and waited to reproduce the problem. Waited with car on and light would not turn on. Read it was something to do with timing chain. Have a 2011 auto. Can anyone shine in on this?
If you filled tank before you took it to dealer, probably was related more to running with such low fuel, and the pressure change may have trigger the light, and if it was filled at least halfway at dealer it would not relight? You really should never try to run on so little fuel, even tho you may save a buck, these internal pumps need fuel for COOLING something the old externals never needed, so if no light comes back on again, consider it a lesson in modern tech.
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If you filled tank before you took it to dealer, probably was related more to running with such low fuel, and the pressure change may have trigger the light, and if it was filled at least halfway at dealer it would not relight? You really should never try to run on so little fuel, even tho you may save a buck, these internal pumps need fuel for COOLING something the old externals never needed, so if no light comes back on again, consider it a lesson in modern tech.
The pump is cooled by the gas flowing through it and not by the gas surrounding it in the tank. Fuel flowing = pump being cooled. Running the tank low is not a problem.
Does the code p0019 cel have anything to do with possible timing change issue? Should I be worried. Filled it back up with 91 and took it to the paces and it felt fine dunno what to think of this.
40,000 miles on the odometer, while driving to dallas my timing chain broke. They knew I had a programmer and are claiming that is what caused the failure. I'm past 6 hours of labor and authorized another 10. That is $1,600 in labor not including parts. to repair the timing chain. They said they have to do that repair before finding out if there is any more damage. :-( Any advise ???? I feel so let down with my first Dodge after 30 years of owning cars. Grrrrr.
Every day for the past several months I have to keep myself from heading down to the dealership to get another Challenger, auto, as a daily driver and ditch my truck and this thread is the only reason keeping me from doing just that. Thought about another 6-speed but what's the point of having two identical driving experiences. How about addressing this someday Dodge? Is it fixed for the 2011 up. Is it not? Not a peep is not comforting. And now this guy, CruzzRR, is going to get slammed for the tab when we know the Diablo didn't cause it, but it's an out for Dodge's responsibility.
Sorry to hear that Cruuz but how does something like a timing chain break? I would seek legal aid if they claim a tuner can break a chain. I have sprayed tuned mustangs with a 150 shot of nitrous and you can grenade an entire motor and the timing chain will still be intact.
I agree, that is pretty f'dup about the dealer copping out for aftermarket tune. They don't want aftermarket tunes on the car...so what? Timing chains still shouldn't break with what?...maybe another 20 hp at the most? The chain broke, because they have a vulnerable timing chain system by their very own design. If you grenaded a piston, then they might have a reason to point to a tune as the cause...but pretty much they are admitting that they have a "glass timing chain" that cannot even stand another 20 hp?...wtf?!
What Dodge dealer did you go to? Certainly I would not be interested in doing business there. That level of douchiness is not to be rewarded.
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