That didn’t last long - Rum Runner Engine #3

[beachbumm78]

Well…that didn’t last long. After having engine #1 die due to a serpentine belt break, and engine #2 lasted all of a month, engine #3 was put in Jan ‘24. I know have 30k miles on engine #3 and i just got an engine light on. Again. . Code P000A. Cam 1 this time. It’s headed to the dealership Monday morning so we’ll see where this saga goes this time.

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[Aonarch]

I assume V6?

 

[SadRobot]

Jeez this is crazy at this point. You have had worse luck than I have.

Flip that avatar over and join us.

 

[beachbumm78]

I assume V6?

Yes. V6 manual.

 

[beachbumm78]

Jeez this is crazy at this point. You have had worse luck than I have.

Flip that avatar over and join us.

Done!!

 

[Tr4ckD4ys]

Purely statistically that’s crazy unlikely what you’ve experienced. Almost makes me wonder if something else’s is going on with the vehicle. Maybe lemon it and get a different one?

 

[beachbumm78]

Purely statistically that’s crazy unlikely what you’ve experienced. Almost makes me wonder if something else’s is going on with the vehicle. Maybe lemon it and get a different one?

It is crazy. But last engine was brand new. And they also replaced all components attached to the engine to avoid any metal fragments possibly contaminating it. I doubt they’d lemon it at this point. It has 141k miles on it (total miles on jeep. This engine is only 30k miles)

 

[NWJeepr]

Did you say it was a 3.6?

Sorry. For reals. Once is disappointing. Twice is bad luck. Three times?

 

[alphawolff]

We've had some seriously bad luck with our reman engines. This isn't at all surprising. Hell, we had a reman shipped to us that was locked up right out of the crate.

 

[Heimkehr]

I walked away from Jeep for 20 years after the second engine in my still-newish YJ began to fail not very long after it was installed as a warranty replacement unit.

Good luck to the OP. Were that me, I'd probably divest and walk away. Again.

 

[beachbumm78]

Did you say it was a 3.6?

Sorry. For reals. Once is disappointing. Twice is bad luck. Three times?

It is. At this point….its just insane.

 

[beachbumm78]

We've had some seriously bad luck with our reman engines. This isn't at all surprising. Hell, we had a reman shipped to us that was locked up right out of the crate.

Oh wow. That sucks!!! Both of these were brand new engines.

 

[beachbumm78]

I walked away from Jeep for 20 years after the second engine in my still-newish YJ began to fail not very long after it was installed as a warranty replacement unit.

Good luck to the OP. Were that me, I'd probably divest and walk away. Again.

I totally get you doing that!! After the last fail plenty of people were telling me to just walk away. But I absolutely love my jeep. This one. If I walk away I won’t be getting another one. We’ll see where this is headed for this engine. I have a dealer appt Monday. Thankfully it’s still under warranty.

 

[Kerney]

I'd be investigating a hemi swap but I guess it's still under warranty. Guess I need to buy that extended warranty from grainger

 

[NPC 20883467]

We've had some seriously bad luck with our reman engines. This isn't at all surprising. Hell, we had a reman shipped to us that was locked up right out of the crate.

Are all these motors coming from Mexico?

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