Interestingly, the 3.0L version of the Pentastar which was seemingly everywhere in the Chinese market is far less affected by the tick of death issue than the 3.6 model and the post-MY2016 “Pentastar Upgrade” engines that were more popular in the US and were in basically the entire affected Stellantis lineup.
The smaller first gen 3.0s are easily million km engines and there are so many Chrysler 300Cs on the road in Russia and China right now with these engines that will outlast the company that made them and the country that designed them.
Legitimately, I think a lot of these cars will be around for the post-oil panic and people will find a way to run these things on cooking oil for a couple decades longer than the plastic covered 2.0L turbo I4s and “little brother” I3 engines that have replaced them in most cars.
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Interestingly, the 3.0L version of the Pentastar which was seemingly everywhere in the Chinese market is far less affected by the tick of death issue than the 3.6 model and the post-MY2016 “Pentastar Upgrade” engines that were more popular in the US and were in basically the entire affected Stellantis lineup.
The smaller first gen 3.0s are easily million km engines and there are so many Chrysler 300Cs on the road in Russia and China right now with these engines that will outlast the company that made them and the country that designed them.
Legitimately, I think a lot of these cars will be around for the post-oil panic and people will find a way to run these things on cooking oil for a couple decades longer than the plastic covered 2.0L turbo I4s and “little brother” I3 engines that have replaced them in most cars.