Mechanic Daddy

Customer just purchased this vehicle and wanted it checked out. Heard some noises and had water leaking into the rear cargo area.

Verified the noise was coming from the electric hydraulic powersteering pump. This is already pretty noisy, but it sounded slightly louder than normal. It however is still functioning and working just fine. This part is extremely expensive all by itself, just shy of $2k. We decided to just turn the radio up a little more for this repair 😆👌. If it gets worse or the power assist steering starts to go out, we will revisit this repair.

The water leak was due to a grommet plug for the third brake light getting ripped. So it would no longer stay in place to keep water from flooding the upper plastic trim and headliner. We would need a very specific grommet to replace this one and so in a pinch I used JB weld plastic puddy and silicone to seal this grommet back into place. Both can be removed to replace the grommet piece in the future, but this will at least keep water from coming in.

During the inspection I found a massive oil leak covering the transmission and back side of the engine. Of course its coming from the typical oilcooler/filter housing. If you drive any mopar 3.6l, you should inspect these every oil change for a possible leak. They're that common of an issue.

We removed the old oil filter housing and installed the upgraded all metal one. Someone was clearly in here before me, as there were alot of brackets left loose, missing, locking tabs broken/missing, and wire hold down broken. They even left one of the bolts for the old oil cooler loose (probably why it started leaking). 👎👎

After replacing the oil filter housing we went ahead and replaced the spark plugs as well. Customer made a good decision to have them both done at the same time to save money. Since we already have the intake off it costs alot less to replace spark plugs now rather than do them later and by the looks of those plugs. It wouldn't be much later. 👍👍

Come see me for your next repair, 💪💪 you will have a quality service that saves you time and money. 🤌💰🤌💰🤌💰

Customer came in because vehicle had no power on acceleration. Upon inspection, found the vehicle was severely lacking engine oil which caused issues with the cam phasers, they could not advance timing or re**rd properly without adequate oil pressure. We found the typical engine oil cooler housing was leaking and needed replacement.

We also noticed the coolant was very low and found the radiator was also leaking.

Customer wanted both replaced, but during the radiator replacment we found the main core support for the radiator was damaged. 😱 Possibly by running over something in the road or maybe hitting one of those cement blocks you see at a stop and go. As the core support and part of the subframe was damaged. 🥲

Since this was an unforseen issue that both me and the customer didnt know about until after the bumber was removed, we had to figure out how to make this work. I used a plastic weld repair tool, with metal wire mesh and plastic fill to re-attach the core support and then used JB weld to reinforce it so it can hold the radiator as it was designed. It turned out great, but there was another support that we found was also broken. Thankfully that piece is bolted on, much smaller, and can be replaced. For now we attached that one as best we could also, but it should be replaced in the future.

We were able to finish this job with a new upgraded metal oil cooler housing, a new radiator, fresh oil change, new coolant, and we even upgraded the headlights to LED while we were in there.

Verified that the oil leak and coolant leak was no longer present and the vehicle drove fine with plenty of power. 👌👌👌

Come see me for your next repair 💪💪💪