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| 1997 Dodge Intrepid Review, Madinsp, From Mesa, AZ, USA
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Dodge Intrepid
| | Model of the car: | Dodge Intrepid | | | General comments: | Car runs well, is fast (relatively) and comfortable. I am in love with this car's face. It looks like a Viper to me. I have had some prroblems with the water pump. First one went at 36K, under warantee. Second one I was on my own... took me five hours, then had trouble with the pulley rubbing on the cover, had to remove the cover and spacer it out for clearance. Third one, I had it down to two hours, and I got the right pump this time, with the thinner pulley face. I put a new timing belt on each time I went in, but the dealer did not on the original warantee work. Problem is the smallish 6mm bolts that hold the pump in. All the tension from the timing belt pulling on a 6mm bolt? Good engineering there Dodge! The heads were literally popping off the bolts from the stress. I currently have a grade 8 bolt in place, with no problems thus far. Car now at 136K and running like a scalded rat. Someone mentioned problems with Bosch Platinums (?)... I'm running them, better starts, better mileage, no trouble. | | | What things have gone wrong with the car: | 6mm water pump bolts should have been 8's, or more of them, either way. A | | | Previous car: | This was my first Dodge... but it won't be my last. |
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