2.4 tigershart engine

[Tractorat]

Anyone here have a car with the 2.4 tigershark engine with excess oil consumption ? I got a letter from dodge today that says they have a fix for it. It involves reprogramming the pcm. Hope it works.

 

[Ozymandias]

I heard good and bad about that recall, best you Google it.
To me it seems to be a band aid.

We had that engine in DWs Compass, lucky us without excessive oil consumption. Just s quart between the regular oil changes.

 

[Tractorat]

What have you heard ?

 

[gsbrockman]

Did you forget about this thread?

https://www.turbodieselregister.com/threads/oil-consumption.270150/#post-2654397

 

[Tractorat]

New Did you forget about this thread?

Nope, I started it. I dont think there is a reference there about the pcm though.

 

[bcbender]

So my grandparents are looking at the Promaster City... it has the 2.4L Tigershark.... is this something I should steer them away from?... They have has some issues with their 15' Ford Transit Connect intermittently stopping, but I am leaning toward steering them back into a 22' Ford if this engine is problematic as I don't live near them to take care of it and they are in their 80s/90s so don't need to worry about roasting an engine.

 

[Tractorat]

it has the 2.4L Tigershark.... is this something I should steer them away from?

Well, I have to believe that if they still sell that engine, the oil consumption issue has been fixed on the new ones. Other than the oil consumption issue, the engine seems to be fine. And there was a "fix" that has stopped the oil consumption. IT was a software update to, I think it was, the pcm. But I would nail the dealer on that and see what they say. If you do, let me know what they find out. As far as I know, there is still a class action suit against chrysler for this. But I havent heard anything about it for a long time.

 

[Tractorat]

https://tuningpro.co/chrysler-2-4-tigershark-world-gasoline-engine-problems/

I hope this article helps.

 

[bcbender]

yeah.... I think I will steer clear.. Thanks for the info, I already have a Honda that consumes that much oil and I find it unsettling, they don't need to add additional issues to manage at this stage in their lives.

 

[Tractorat]

Probably a good choice

 

[DonFitzwater]

Not sure I see a anything in the article that would sway me away from a Tigershark 2.4. Coworkers Fords and Toyota engines consume oil, leak oil and have random one-off failures. Seems par for the course these days as nobodies engines are immune from problems or a little oil consumption. Jeez, look how bad the LS GM engines are in the camshaft failure and oil consumption area. Reading for a lifetime on the internet about the failures yet the LS is suppose to be one of the best engines ever.

 

[SnoKing]

Not sure I see a anything in the article that would sway me away from a Tigershark 2.4. Coworkers Fords and Toyota engines consume oil, leak oil and have random one-off failures. Seems par for the course these days as nobodies engines are immune from problems or a little oil consumption. Jeez, look how bad the LS GM engines are in the camshaft failure and oil consumption area. Reading for a lifetime on the internet about the failures yet the LS is suppose to be one of the best engines ever.

That is why I brought a 150 and not a 1500.

 

[bcbender]

yeah,,, Not interested in trading one problem for a know other..

 

[JR]

Because EcoBoost engines are problem free. LOL!

 

[bcbender]

hahaha,. i wouldnt have either one.. but they like the ford so that is the difference I guess.

 

[Ozymandias]

In general I like the Chrysler Engines because most of the time they stay away from new technologies for a long time till ist is inevitable to follow the crowd.

Ford is the band leader, they try everything, some works some fails.