Found out the hard that my '08 extremely overheated some point before I bought it. It blew the coolant crossover pipe. It showed other signs of critical overheating. Because I want a reliable truck and want to keep it a long time I splurged on a Jasper remanufactured engine. They are not cheap, around $5K, but they come with a three year 100K mile warranty. The are recommended by Scotty Kilmer of Youtube fame.

JASPER remanufactured engines, transmissions & differentials

JASPER provides remanufactured gas engines, diesel engines, marine engines, transmissions and more for your car, truck or boat.

www.jasperengines.com

 

Found out the hard that my '08 extremely overheated some point before I bought it. It blew the coolant crossover pipe. It showed other signs of critical overheating. Because I want a reliable truck and want to keep it a long time I splurged on a Jasper remanufactured engine. They are not cheap, around $5K, but they come with a three year 100K mile warranty. The are recommended by Scotty Kilmer of Youtube fame.

JASPER remanufactured engines, transmissions & differentials

JASPER provides remanufactured gas engines, diesel engines, marine engines, transmissions and more for your car, truck or boat.

www.jasperengines.com

Scotty is probably one of the least reliable sources you could cite. He is a prototypical bufoon!

 

A bit of info about Jasper engines. We stuck one in my son's '01 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The installer re-used the timing chain and a few other parts. These had to be replaced about 10K miles after the new engine was installed. So far no problems. Also the warranty is VERY specific about maintenance! Follow it to the letter or there is no coverage.
Make sure you replace all parts on the new motor with new parts (belts, seals etc.) or you'll be tearing into it for repairs. However his motor has held up with no issues once we got the used parts replaced. YMMV

 

ls swap

 

Funny guy^

Jasper is one and also LKQ is another. But it all depends on your location.

 

Dear LS swapper, Sure anything will fit if you throw enough time and money at it ! lol

 

where do you live? Dont you dare go witgh a reman piece of shit, no matter what anyone here says. Trust me. There are not to many employees in these rebuilding places that can even read a mic. I have been in the industry has an isnider for forty years. Get ahold of me, I can help. ryanmenke14@yahoo.com 209-270-8556

 

where do you live? Dont you dare go witgh a reman piece of shit, no matter what anyone here says. Trust me. There are not to many employees in these rebuilding places that can even read a mic. I have been in the industry has an isnider for forty years. Get ahold of me, I can help. ryanmenke14@yahoo.com 209-270-8556

Hi @ryanmenke14 , I live in Seattle WA area. I have sent you an email with details.

 

Jasper, yuk. Either jdm or, it is best to rebuild what you have. That way you know its done corect by someone who can actually read a mic. Experience. Hey I just might be getting a 2022 honda ridgeline motor and computer and wiring for free. Can I put it in my 07. ?

 

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Scotty Kilmer is funny in the fact that he is so obsessed with making content, that he contradicts himself because he likely can't keep track of everything he says.

He has two videos, as an example, where in one, he says that the Lexus LS430 is one of the best vehicles that money can buy, and then in another video, he does nothing but rag on the same exact car, and says it's on his do not buy list... I even commented on both of them with links to one another to see if he would respond.

What about local machine shops? I have seen questionable quality come from Jasper engines, and although some of them may be great, there sometimes are "musical engine" warranty issues that require numerous change outs to get one that was done right.

I am not sure if the 2006s oil burning problems can be corrected, but a local reputable engine shop might be able to help as well.

 

To be fair, Scotty is older than dirt and has forgotten more than most people remember. Whenever he contradicts himself I just wait for his third opinion and go with best two out of three.

 

jdm 81 thousand miles done!

 

You first have to find out exactly why they say its burning oil. Ridgelines are horrible for tiny valve cover leaks right above the manifold. Remember dealerships are made up with one or two knowlegable old guys and a bunch right from school who dont know much.

 

I was told by 3 shops my number 4 cylinder was toast and needed a new motor. Took it to Honda for them to do the work and the service manager asked if he could try some more diagnostics before testing the motor out.

J series motors are notorious for carbon build up on the piston rings. They used BG EPR in excess, even putting the #4 cyl at BDC and letting it soak.

Long story short they saved me $10,000. It cleaned up the carbon and I got all compression back. Might give that a shot before replacing the motor.


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I was told by 3 shops my number 4 cylinder was toast and needed a new motor. Took it to Honda for them to do the work and the service manager asked if he could try some more diagnostics before testing the motor out. J series motors are notorious for carbon build up on the piston rings. They used BG EPR in excess, even putting the #4 cyl at BDC and letting it soak. Long story short they saved me $10,000. It cleaned up the carbon and I got all compression back. Might give that a shot before replacing the motor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The quote to do an engine swap(including engine price(81k used engine with 1 year warranty), other parts, labor and tax) is coming closer to $7500. I am going to give a final try with BG EPR. Planning to use a better BG product.Ferrari Maserati of Washington BG Dynamic Engine Restoration Service kit https://a.co/d/hD4yIEH Any experience or recommendations with this please?

 

Good idea!

 

So what is wrong with being old and wise. Hes 64 ish im 57 what the heck? lol

 

Nothing wrong with it. It is what it is. Heck, I could be describing myself. I'm 61. I forget a lot of things... I think.

 

Final update
After devastating engine flush experience, I have made up my mind to go with a used engine swap. I got a used engine(2008 model from eBay with 81k miles on it) for $1651(inc tax)

Engine swap was complete for another $4900.( Inc new radiator installed)

So total engine swap expense - $6590
Truck works like a charm so far. No more oil burning issue. Thanks a lot everyone here for your invaluable inputs. 🙏🏻

 

i got a jdm motor for a honda civic for about 350$ at the time and it was well worth it . They say jdms are same engines but the difference was huge. that civic hauled ass after engine swap. if you are capable of doing your own swap, jdm's are a good way to go in my opinion I went with a local place and was very happy with results. for reference on anyone looking for info on swapping engines. jdm with 60k are about 800 not including freight or shipping for 2023