# 2007 Pacifica 4.0L replacing engine **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chrysler, pacifica\ **Created:** [October 8, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018 "2016-10-08T19:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jordan69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jordan69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jordan69)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/21 "2016-10-09T00:01:08Z")
Thank you for you comment, I was planing on replacing the water pump timing belt with a kit, I was not aware of the transmission converter seal and engine rear main seal. I will order those part as well right away! ---
**Author:** ![Jordan69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jordan69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jordan69)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/22 "2016-10-09T00:02:09Z")
Hey George, I could also ask scotty to beam out the engine… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/23 "2016-10-09T00:03:44Z")
There be Whales Here Captain!! … lol … ---
**Author:** ![Jordan69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jordan69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jordan69)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/24 "2016-10-09T00:04:14Z")
My friend has ALLDATA at his place and I am wondering if I be able to get a pictorial step by step on the process. I let you know! I should be able to check after Columbus day. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/25 "2016-10-09T01:18:54Z")
ALLDATA will only show you the factory procedure for removing the engine . . . the one that involves removing the engine, while it’s still attached to the cradle It won’t show you the backyard ways of doing it . . . the way you want to proceed ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/26 "2016-10-09T13:55:39Z")
My 10 foot pole has disappeared again. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/27 "2016-10-09T14:37:15Z")
This might not apply to the OP but this kind of endeavor in a driveway where I live will get you a visit by the city compliance inspector and possible fine. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/28 "2016-10-09T15:07:06Z")
The other option that could make this easier is this. Get the info from AllData on the engine removal. Follow all the steps except dropping the engine cradle. Do the timing belt, and waterpump kit on the replacement engine as it’s on the floor and swap all the parts to the replacement engine that you can. Use a car dolley to haul the car to a mechanic with a lift along with the readied replacement engine ready to be swapped. They will raise it up, dropping the engine and craddle, swap the engine and lower the car back onto the cradle. You haul the car back to your driveway and finish the wiring, exhaust and anything else on the list at your place… Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/29 "2016-10-09T15:23:36Z")
Yosemite, give yourself a Gold Star. That is an excellent plan. Takes the chance of injury out of the picture. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/30 "2016-10-09T16:59:02Z")
I like your plan But I suspect OP wants to do the entire job, without paying for a shop’s labor ---
**Author:** ![Jordan69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jordan69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jordan69)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/31 "2016-10-09T17:00:31Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/32 "2016-10-09T17:01:30Z")
I think jordan’s cherry picker will be earning its keep next week 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jordan69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jordan69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jordan69)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/33 "2016-10-09T17:25:29Z")
I cannot wait to see the ALLDATA information about this car because it seems pretty interesting. I was told by someone else that the entire subframe and transmission has to be lowered from below before the engine will come out from the top. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2016, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/34 "2016-10-09T23:02:18Z")
Keep us informed OP of your progress. Who says it can’t be done? You the man!!! ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/35 "2016-10-10T14:47:20Z")
With all due respect . . . Are you KIDDING about “cut some cross beams which are in the way etc out, then weld it back later.” I’d like to think we’re better than that, and give better advice than that That sounds like something a total hack . . . not a mechanic . . . would do I meant no disrespect, but I don’t agree with your approach But if you can provide me with some mopar documentation, which says that this cutting is THE factory approved method, then I might change my mind ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/36 "2016-10-10T23:55:18Z")
I may entirely be posible to remove the engine from the top, but the reason it is reccomended dropping it from below is because it is the easiest way and much less likely that other parts will be damaged in the process. If you do as I sugested it would only take a good shop about two hours labor to swap those engines and you tow it back home and finish the work at your leisure. Feel free to battle with this if you like!!! Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/37 "2016-10-11T00:24:04Z")
I see where you’re coming from, and as I said earlier, I like your approach However, OP wants to do this entirely by himself And arranging to have the vehicle towed to a shop, and do as you suggested, may not be that convenient Sure, we all know how to wrench, and we get things done quickly and efficiently But if we have to go through somebody else, we are now on THEIR schedule, and it gets done when they have time, not necessarily when WE want it done ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/38 "2016-10-11T00:41:05Z")
There is no way a shop will touch this for two hours labor, to replace the sub frame pays 6.5 hours, then they have to hoist the old engine off and the replacement engine into place. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/39 "2016-10-11T00:57:10Z")
I have never owned an auto repair shop . . . But if I did, my approach would be “Give me the whole job, or you go find somebody else” Here’s a possible scenario . . . The shop and customer reach an agreement, as to price and WHEN the tow truck will show up with the customer’s vehicle The shop owner plans accordingly, and keeps a bay clear at the aforementioned time, in anticipation that the tow truck will show up at the scheduled time He’s got his mechanic ready, with his tools all set up, ready to do his thing The customer does NOT show up at all, or shows up several hours later Lost productivity . . . could have had a paying job in that service bay, instead of an empty bay, and a mechanic spinning his wheels, earning no money for anybody Who’s going to compensate the shop owner for that snafu . . . ? Not to mention the mechanic . . . ? I’m not saying that WOULD happen, but it wouldn’t be unheard of Sometimes, simpler is better . . . either OP does the entire job themselves, or he lets somebody else do the entire job, from start to finish ---
**Author:** ![Jordan69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b782af/32.png) [@Jordan69](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jordan69)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018/40 "2016-10-11T16:20:32Z")
No, No, No db4690! Not cutting anything!!! 🙂 It seems that there is a subframe bolted underneath and that guy told me that subframe has to come down before the engine can come out. Then again, I will make sure once I can see my friend’s ALLDATA -I hope I can print it so I can bring it with me… unfortunately, he is far from me so let’ see when I get the chance to go visit him! @Yosemite… I am not towing that car anywhere… all the work will be done here. The trouble of finding a garage that would be willing to do so, the expense of towing two times, and no warranty from the garage since I am finishing is just not worth it. It is either a garage does the whole job or I do the whole job, that is the only way to do it! [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-pacifica-4-0l-replacing-engine/96018.md?page=3)