Dodge could barely service Sprinters when they were in partnership with MB. My FIL had multiple problems with them when he bought his Sprinter there. One of the best was Dodge provided the van with optioned alloys, but didn't install the necessary longer studs.....Wheel fell off shortly after, fortunately no one was hurt.
Well they don't do such a stellar job with Promaster either.
Focusing in on the now defunct diesel version, stuck injectors and plugs means a new cylinder head.
A mere $US 6000 a pop.
No less!
The curious one is the hold down bolt.
A 10,9 grade 8 x 1,25 bolt about 90 mm long torqued to 21 lbs ft only.
Having a stepped threaded hole, corrosion gets down inside the cavity and rusts it solid.
The first order of the day is this Yankee flat rate stuff, prevalent in domestic brand shops. Tech takes windy gun to the bolts and sheers of the "dreaded threaded" section deep down in the head cavity. (sounds 'r familiar )--solution new head!
A curious bolt this specimen, a hardened tip but soft in the middle and $52 each.
I have cut a few out with cobalt drills, saving the head, but I have only had about a 30% success rate cleaning out the threaded section. Corrosion eats away at the metal, and running an aircraft length tap down in the hole results in the "crumblier" side of fixing stuff like this. So I use a timesert insert to recover it.
Trying to get parts for these "DOO CAT TOW" engines (or is it really Mitsupussy? ) isn't easy either, and a new leak of rail has limited availability at $151 a pop.
Tech at the dealer busted off the injector insert Tee piece . Sorry Dude, flat rate strikes again!
The Mopar factory tool for pulling these injectors out is a joke, we have the tools from Eurolandia, which makes life easier . (a must have)
As usual not much has changed in the Mopar camps, and the biggest debacle I have come across is the 2012 Sprinter towed in on the hook with a no start, no crank.
Turned out on a Friday evening , in the usual "Yankee flat rate frenzy" tackling the 906 Sprinter, the "house battery" got changed under the hood , but NOT the defective starting one under the floor ! Oh me gawd !
After the dust had died down I spoke to the service manager in jocular tone . Hey Rick this wan't your finest hour was it and the lady customer was about to scratch someones eyes out! FFS
A friendly verbal retort between us both then ensued ! We hate those eefing Sprinters anyway!
You can have em all Dennis
Oh well, it all makes work for the working man to do .
Cheers Dennis