More 3.6 carnage

mopardrew said

Love my 2015 3.6! 240000. Guess I’m lucky no problems except for oil cooler leak, and trans at 180. Wheel bearings all the time. Had a 12 grand c that the motor let go at 1700 mi. Hopefully this one makes 300000. Kids love trashing it and the sons getting close to 16. At this point I’m gonna keep reviving it so it can be his first car lol. He hates it! How bad are cams to do? How noisy are the when they go?

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I haven't done cams but I did the oil cooler, they're pretty easy to work on compared to most other modern engines. They are more complex but they were also designed with a focus on easy serviceability. In a vehicle with longitudinal (north-south) configuration there's more space to work with. I was surprised how straightforward it was to work on the 3.6 in my mom's 300C especially compared to the nightmare of my brother's 2005 VW Passat. F that car lol.

I like watching engine teardowns on the YouTube channel "I Do Cars", pretty sure he did a Mopar 3.6. That would give you an idea at least of how the engine itself comes apart.