Originally Posted by moparjack44
Originally Posted by SNK-EYZ
Originally Posted by pro451bee
No , the air intake system and cab forward will prohibit this , why in the heck would you want that any way?


One reason would be to keep rainwater from ever dropping off the cowl and onto the intake.
The 2004 and 2005 era Hemi powered Durangos have nasty problem of when they get some miles on them that water that gets dripped over the intake seeps past the intake port o-rings.
It ends up in a cylinder and hydraulic locks it and then spits one of the weak powder forged rods out the side of the block.

If you search google you'll find out just how common it is.

Anything in the way of an engine cover might help prevent it if it gets the dripping water out past the valve covers.

Dodge knew that had a problem with it and did a change/upgrade with the cowl sometime in about 2006.


So short answer, no cover available?


An online search will find that they dig some sort of change to how the water flows down off the cowl, but they didn't put a cover over the engine.

I'm planning on trying to see if I can find a way to use a charger/challenger 5.7 engine cover over the one in the 2004 5.7 Durango I picked up with the rod out the side of the block issue.

I don't care what it looks like, as long as it keeps the water off the intake manifold.
Will it fit, who knows but I figure I'll at least try.

I finally got the bad engine out this evening, it's a royal pain to pull the engine on these 4wd Durangos. mad

The Durango is pretty clean and I bought for $1,200 with the bad engine.

The guy I bought it from said it ran great until one day last fall when we got like 8 to 10 inches of rain in one day, he said he started it and it put a rod though the side of the block.
I thought it sounded like BS until I did an online search and found out it was a common problem on that era Durangos.
What's funny was that it still rand and other than an initial knock on start up it was quiet and idled smooth. The rod broke right next to the crank journal and it put a hole through the right side of the block by cylinder 6 just above the oil pan rail.

When it's all said and done I should be into it for about $1,500 or so.
(bought a wrecked ram with a good running 5.7 Hemi and I've sold enough off the truck that I'm into the engine for free at this point)

The engine swap has been nothing but a pain because everything is hard to access and you have to take off a lot of parts that I wouldn't have thought I would have to to access bolts.
I had to lift the engine to get out the aluminum bracket that bolts to the bottom of the engine block and to the bell housing before I could ever access the torque convertor bolts. There is no room between it and one of the cross members under the engine so it's trapped in there unless the engine is lifted. Even after that you have to flip it around to find a way to slide it out. realcrazy

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Kayse can't keep up at all now. lol