Engine Block: Description
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Dodge Stratus and 2005 Chrysler Sebring. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
The cylinder block is made of heat treated aluminum with cast-in-place iron liners. See Fig 1. The block is a closed deck design with the right bank forward. To provide high rigidity and improved NVH, the block has cast-in contours and ribs, along with powdered metal 6 bolt main caps (4 vertical, 2 horizontal), with a die cast aluminum structural beam windage tray mounted to the main caps.
The block design allows coolant flow between the cylinder bores and an internal coolant by-pass to the thermostat.
| 1 - MAIN CAP BOLT-VERTICAL |
| 2 - MAIN CAP |
| 3 - MAIN BEARING-LOWER |
| 4 - MAIN BEARING-UPPER |
| 5 - MAIN CAP BOLT -HORIZONTAL |
| 6 - CYLINDER BLOCK |
| 7 - CRANKSHAFT |