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I’m noticing a few cars breaking down

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What’s the deal ? Is it the heat ? I’m seeing a lot of posts with members going for a cruise or a short ride and bam something goes wrong and they have to limp home

Im a member of a few mopar forums and a few gm forums. I’m seeing more breakdowns on the mopar forums .

So far no big issues on my end yet. I do have little things here n there but luckily nothing huge. At least not yet
 
Engines, all engines, need to be run regularly. Not just started n warmed, but driven n stressed. When an engine sits, seals dry up, calcium deposits develop etc. When I worked on helicopters on the 80-90's in the Army, they would leak n have problems like crazy when we were only flying the minimums. But, when we were flying missions, hardly anything broke or leaked.
In our cars, if it sits for the winters etc... things like the thermostat can stick, fuel gets bad, hoses harden n Crack etc. Gotta drive them.
 
In the morning traffic report I'm seeing more breakdowns with the new junk....and many of them are fires!
 
In the morning traffic report I'm seeing more breakdowns with the new junk....and many of them are fires!

Here the broken down car of choice seems to be Subarus. Seems when a car is on the shoulder, most of time it’s one of those.
 
Here the broken down car of choice seems to be Subarus. Seems when a car is on the shoulder, most of time it’s one of those.
I'm never out on the freeways around Houston during rush hour.....or just about anytime but I see it on the channel that mostly talks about the weather and traffic and they don't show closeups of exactly what kind of vehicle it is except for the type. This channel has very little 'regular' news on it and once I get a full weather report, it gets flipped off....uh....change the channel :)
 
Probably all converted to efi...
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But, but, they have all the “upgrades“. How can they breakdown?

Led bulbs
Pertronix
NGKplugs
Mini starter
135 amp one wire alternator
Hi flow thermostat
aluminum radiator
12000 cfm electric fans
Type F
Kevlar bands
Stage 583 shift kit
Green bearings
3.55 cone posi (489 case for sure)
KYB shocks
Radial TA tires
Edelbrock 1406
Gasket matched intake
500 cubic inches
TTI headers
Comp cam
The trick rear main seal and cap(still leaks)
ZDDP in the pennzoil

And they cranked the engine with the coil wire off to get oil pressure before starting the engine, so it must be a good car!
 
Im a member of a few mopar forums and a few gm forums. I’m seeing more breakdowns on the mopar forums .

Mopar guys can still limp home to the forums. The Chevy guys are still out there pushing.
 
But, but, they have all the “upgrades“. How can they breakdown?

Led bulbs
Pertronix
NGKplugs
Mini starter
135 amp one wire alternator
Hi flow thermostat
aluminum radiator
12000 cfm electric fans
Type F
Kevlar bands
Stage 583 shift kit
Green bearings
3.55 cone posi (489 case for sure)
KYB shocks
Radial TA tires
Edelbrock 1406
Gasket matched intake
500 cubic inches
TTI headers
Comp cam
The trick rear main seal and cap(still leaks)
ZDDP in the pennzoil

And they cranked the engine with the coil wire off to get oil pressure before starting the engine, so it must be a good car!
:rofl:
 
My observation based on car forum discussions is that the skill sets of many of today's Mopar owners is diminished from those of years past.
 
Spare ECU and Ballast Resistor in the trunk and we’re back on the road, Mopar owners are able, ready, and capable
 
^^^ It will never take the place of a wrench but it makes a hell of a good grease gun.
 
Could have something to do with the Wuhan flu, there's a bunch of guys that only drive them to shows... A year with no shows means a year of not being driven?
 
I think mechanical skills are weaker than they once were and that “upgrades” inherently aren’t vetted out like the original hardware and is simply less reliable. Push a 350HP engine to twice that using different geometry and hardware made and tested in quantities of thousands rather than millions breakdowns will happen.
 
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