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i was told at work that the new dodge calibers are being built with engines that were made over 2 years ago. (left over from some other vehicle) Anyone know if this is true? I wonder if anything could go wrong with using an engine that sat for that long, or would it matter if it was never fired up?
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Originally posted by RyeLou:
no
No, no one knows? No, it's not true? No, nothing could go wrong? Or no, it wouldn't matter if it was never fired up?
Which one?
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Yes they had thousands of leftovers like always so this time they're gonna reuse them instead of selling them to Iraq. They're actually 25 years old and are carbareuted and like RyeLou said, no, nothing will go wrong with the engines.
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Originally posted by loggerbomb:
i was told at work that the new dodge calibers are being built with engines that were made over 2 years ago. (left over from some other vehicle) Anyone know if this is true? I wonder if anything could go wrong with using an engine that sat for that long, or would it matter if it was never fired up?
so what? the zetec was pretty old when it went into the contour in 95. IIRC the Zetec has been around since early 1992... the First contours were made in late 94 and they had Zetecs... So the engine platform was already 2 years old when it went into the contour.
Even if thats true (which im sure its not)im not bothered at all by a 1.8L I4 that produces 148 horses... Personally I see that as an awesome power/litre ratio... thats roughly 82 horses per litre.
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Originally posted by AliasJerkââ??¢:
Originally posted by loggerbomb:
i was told at work that the new dodge calibers are being built with engines that were made over 2 years ago. (left over from some other vehicle) Anyone know if this is true? I wonder if anything could go wrong with using an engine that sat for that long, or would it matter if it was never fired up?
so what? the zetec was pretty old when it went into the contour in 95. IIRC the Zetec has been around since early 1992... the First contours were made in late 94 and they had Zetecs... So the engine platform was already 2 years old when it went into the contour.
Even if thats true (which im sure its not)im not bothered at all by a 1.8L I4 that produces 148 horses... Personally I see that as an awesome power/litre ratio... thats roughly 82 horses per litre.
Umm, I think you missed something there. Read the original post again. Logger was talking about engines that were manufactured 2 years ago and never used.
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Why wouldn't they even if it was true. Is assembly lube going to go bad? 
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Originally posted by todras:
Why wouldn't they even if it was true. Is assembly lube going to go bad?
I thought it was like milk. You only have a couple days before it gets all stinky.
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Originally posted by BloodyTomFlint:
Originally posted by todras:
Why wouldn't they even if it was true. Is assembly lube going to go bad?
I thought it was like milk. You only have a couple days before it gets all stinky.
well it is a chrysler.
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Originally posted by Tourige:
well it is a chrysler.
.....so it's stinky before it goes bad????
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