hey there mopar fans....i have a 2004 dodge durango and up until last friday thought the world of this rig. now it is just a broken down car. i believe it has either bent a rod or cracked a piston or both. haven't pulled it apart as it is just too cold outside to screw with. i remember reading a while back that dodge/chrysler built the 5.7 liter hemi with powdered metal rods. they probably have changed this over time. i thought it to be a strange way to build a rod but they do these things all the time. but i think it is catching up to them. not sure what i'm going to do now. probably pull the motor and see if i can rebuild it. it looks like a mother to pull but i have time. nobody going to give me anything for it so might as well keep it. i know i will be using forged rods for sure. well thought i'd add my two cents worth. what a pain. gues i will be buying a kia....
