Re: Are cracked intake manifolds common?
Chrysler must have determined that the design of the 2001 lower intake manifold was flawed...because it was redesigned in later years so that the bolt that holds the top of the dipstick bolts horizontally towards the engine. The original 2001 design has the bolt coming straight up from below.
Also....Beware the bolt pattern that's used to attach the upper and lower manifolds also changed. The two most outward fastener locations were changed....so you can't mix-and-match uppper and lower manifolds from the different newer and older intake manifolds.
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