Normally I tried to start this blog to hit first all of the major car manufacturers, then models and engine types as I learn them; however I spent too many hours laying over a HEMI engine that I inherited from my maintenance averse father. I had to replace 16 spark plugs in one of the tightest spaces I have had to access plugs before with too much engine space in other places to consider this anything other than convoluted. Specifically this was a 2002-2008 Dodge HEMI engine, which isn’t even centered in the compartment. I looked up other images of this engine compartment after my friend Bill said it was an obstacle illusion. That’s not a mistake, because it looks like it dodge was trying to dodge an accident with the same foolishness that some soldiers tried to avoid death in the world wars… by owning the bullet with their own name on it. Chrysler-Daimler must have figured if it looks like it has been in an accident then maybe it won’t be. Way to go dodge? I have to admit that spending hours laying over an engine compartment to remove 16 plugs is not my idea of a fun time. The worse part about this is that everyone online says my new error is 90% of the time an issue with what I just replaced. That’s after driving for 30 minutes with no issue, turning the engine off, and having a new error occur. HEMI Engines are called that because of the fact that they are in a hemicolumnal shape. We all know what a hemisphere is just half a ball, and chrysler-daimler decided to call their engine great, but in latin the word is magnum, so with this half-great engine it could not be more accurately described. It is a gas guzzling design to have enough power to take off if you connected a helicopter rotor to the top. It’s only half great, simply put nothing can be this difficult to fix and be actually great. It seems like with a HEMI engine when anything in the engine goes wrong it gives a piston cannister error. When you have 16 plugs the nightmare of any issue is more than anyone should want to deal with. If you thought that monopolizing repairs was a problem now this engine makes you realize that manufacturers have been trying to figure out a loophole monopoly for decades. So many mechanics have told me just to get rid of the vehicle even though it only has 144,000 miles because it’s a dodge and a HEMI. Sadly when you can’t afford a better option you have to work with what you have. Dodge’s are the opposite of mercedes in that while for mercedes some parts always work perfectly like the engine sensors, but with Dodge the sensors seem to tell you nothing.
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