Has Stellantis QC Gotten So Bad That They Forget To Put Main Bearings In Demon 170 Engines?
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 2024
- In the latest saga of reported Demon 170 engine failures, it seems the teardown of one has revealed that the factory neglected to install one of the lower main bearing shells resulting in a mysterious oil leak...but, that never actually happened.
Other failures of these engines may be completely legit, but this one is an obvious hoax. Here's all of the reasons that this accidental bearing deletion story and diagnosis could not have possibly happened. @TKsGarage @ButterDaInsider
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Garage 54.."today ve leave out Lada bearing shell!...hmm...is making loud sound! Yes. Motor is finished, right away!"
Today we make engine bearing from wood. Lada will not die.
@@RipRoaringGarage so far, no Lada has died.
Today we try rope bearing with shellac hardener
@@haro997 yup. They would do that! Just took a look at the 50 KG out of balance wheel video. Hilarious. Blew the frickin windshield out of the car 😂
@@outlawbillionairez9780 😆😆 Yes, I remember that episode. 😊
Abraham Lincoln bought a brand new 69 plumb crazy hemi Cuda convertible. Drove it off the lot. When he got home he stopped by Ben Franklin's place (they lived in the same HOA at the time). When he opened the hood to show Ben he discovered that Ma Mopar built it without an engine block. Everything else was there; heads, intake, oil pan, rotating assembly, etc. No block. They looked at the build date. You guessed it, Friday afternoon. True story!
Corny as fuck!
I used to work in a case ih assembly plant building the big Patriot sprayers. The engines were supposed to be filled with oil in the subassembly area before they were ever installed on the machine. Before they were started for the first time the oil was supposed to be checked. Well in my 6+ years there the stars aligned 3 different times where the engine area forgot to fill it with oil and the operator who started it neglected to check it first. Engines without oil will start right up and run just fine……..for about 90 seconds, and then they make the worst sound you ever heard before checking out. You’re exactly right Tony, that thing wouldn’t not have made it for more than a couple minutes just due to oil starvation.
I worked at an Olds dealer in the mid 80’s. We got in a new Cutlass, 3.8 V6, it sounded like hell and barely ran, brand new off the truck. GM sent us a new engine, our mechanics changed it and took a peek inside the original and found it had no rod bearings.
When I heard the stories of a bearing being left was the cause of the Demon engines, I thought how ridiculous! I was and engine builder for over 50 years, you are exactly right Tony!
The engine would have never made it though the test cell at the factory therefore never placed in a car. Great explanation Tony.
Do they test every engine? I doubt it.
@@bcbloc02 yes every engine goes through a hot test
@@bcbloc02 it wouldn't have oil pressure to begin with, anywhere.
surely they at least test start the engine and a car is driven out of a shop at least even if they pushed it into the shop from the transporter. it would get pretty weird pretty quick.
like some oil galley not being drilled through or something that would make for a more believiable messup that results in a car that works for a while.
I want to believe that they are actually conforming to their internal testing requirements. But the number of major businesses (especially on the food and pharmaceutical side) that I know through direct conversation with QA that are being creative or trying to be creative with paperwork to get shit out the door is not removing doubt about this. We are really at a tipping point as far as technological civ is concerned. Manufacturing is pretty abysmal all around, and the responsible people making quality products are just getting devoured by the garbage guys that have more money, or starved out
@@lasskinn474 Yes. A main bearing shell missing would make a hell of a racket when the engine was run. it would have a pronounced big end knock immediately. It might be possible to drive for a bit but the sound... well we all know that sound!
Years ago I warrantied a Deere engine because they left the cam bearings out at the factory. It lasted about 50hrs before it seized from debris and lack of oil pressure.
All the cam bearings and it ran?
@@bw3506can’t say for certain on a deer. But a lot of small diesels only have a front cam bearing. The 2nd and rear journal just ride right on the block material
Saw it happen to my bosses chainsaw once the gave him a brand new one and asked him not to talk about it so he told everyone.😂
@@bw3506 yup all 4 of them were out it’s gear drive though so it couldn’t jump time. Of course on a 2500rpm diesel the cam at most sees 1250rpm so it’s not getting too wild.
Aluminum heads/engines often don't have separate cam bearings... aluminum is a good bearing material...
I'm a rental car fleet mechanic presiding over a bunch of Stellantis cars and we've received a couple brand new Jeep Wranglers that were missing bolts from the accessory drive, and one that didn't have a thermostat. A bunch of our Grand Cherokees were recalled for potentially bad front upper control arm to spindle pinch bolts. I like modern Mopars and over all they feel really solidly built but they need to get their QC process together.
I remember, as a youth, looking at the old 10 inch thick Motor repair manual (think Chilton for every US make - but written for pros) and seeing the oiling diagrams with black and white arrows going here, there, and everywhere. Same thing in the big AMC / Jeep factory service manual. And I never really understood it until watching UTG just now. I had forgotten it and moved on to other things. But now at least I finally get it. So glad we live in a world where it's so easy to learn stuff. At least they haven't figured out how to take that from us yet - but I feel like it's coming.
I left a comment basically saying this on Butters channel. Someone said that the rear main pin doesn’t oil the #7/8 crank pin in the Demon engine. I have no idea if that’s true, it doesn’t make any sense, but that would explain how it ran for that long.
I’m still on the “it’s BS” train.
I don't know much,but I'd think that's somewhat of a special engine, and has more hands on it than a typical production engine.
This is the first I heard of all this nonsense, of course now the vid will pop up in my feed here soon.
What? A super fantastic awesome Demon engine shares something with every automobile engine in the last 70 years. Oh no can't be it has to be way more sophisticated.
Baaaaaahhaaaaa!
It's just a gen3 hemi right? That crank is oiled "normally"... or in other words, the way Tony just showed/explained.
I don't believe it either, tbh.
Would have rod knocked. With the large gap.
@@wps620 It was a main journal, so no. There would be very low oil pressure though, and that would cause rod/main bearing heating, leading to spun bearings and then rod knocking.
The Chrysler corporation we loved is dead. A friend bought a new jeep last week. Today it has an electrical issue and won't start
All by design Toyota is selling like hotcakes put it together and you will understand exactly what is going on in the American automotive industry.
What model Jeep?
The Chrysler Corporation you speak died in the 90’s when they sold out to Mercedes. Ever since then quality has suffered mainly because of funding. Every owner that Chrysler has been through has bled them dry, including Mercedes.
@@jamesmcintire3800 you are correct
@@ekahab new Cherokee
I am a 23 year mopar tech. Since Stellantis has taken over quality control is terrible and parts availability is terrible. The worst it has been in the time i have worked on mopar products. Factory traaining is as bad as it gets as well. I feel that dodge and chrysler are being slated to go away and leave just Ram and Jeep.
Ram isn't that good either. the cummins is pretty crappy as is the hemi.
@@PavelZajecthe hemi and Cummings are savage motors. Not sure what you’re talking about?
I feel you’re right Tom.
@@joshreynolds729 They are junk motors. The old 12v Cummins was amazing. Thats it. Not sure what you are talking about?
@@joshreynolds729Really? Look at any of the forums for the gen 5 cummins. Tons of problems. Also from personal experience from an unabused 2019.
What really happened is that the bearing caused a communication fault in the CAN bus. When the oil pump lost communication to the bearing, it stopped sending it oil. 🤪
An unscheduled rapid disassembly?
I guess you could say it had a brainfahrt
LOL
So all he needed to do was update the software and send it...
Next Week Demon build quality is so bad they forgot to put in a rear diff and passenger side cyl head but they raced it for 8 months and 200 miles down the 1/4 mile track LOL
One good sign, but not guarantee, that the story is fake is that they took their 2000 mile car to an independent shop and paid thousands for them to pull the engine instead of having the dealer do it under warranty
I imagine it would knock like a Solar Salesman at your door in Florida.
So, people complaining about things they have no idea about? Shocker :)
exactly false information out there. IMPOSSIBLE to not have a main bearing in the engine. I have seen an engine run with the wrong size main bearings in there and not throw a rod. But new cars would not have access to other bearing sizes. only std std.
Ar dem fulks maybe pollertisshens thut wood muk sinnce
Hey: newspapers are dead as instruments of daily living, and people create their own content now. Some can do research, some can't. Not saying journalists are bright people, but rather... they have some level of supervision in the form of managing editors or directors. Its the wild west out there when it comes to information - made worse where government claims mis/disinformation on emerging facts in 1984 fashion.
Ha!! Yep, total shocker 🤣
TK is a DF anyway
I worked in a stellanits engine plant in 2019-20. I made the 3.6. i can assure you they take quality control and very seriously
Cmon Tony, you know we can't let facts get in the way of a story in 2024...
The Black Ghost bearing story lol
😅
Blacks, amirite?
I currently work with a guy who worked for a Stellantis assembly plant in SE Michigan. He worked 2nd shift and said it seemed that more than half the workers there were drunk or on drugs every day.
The Michigan plant has been the subject of undercover journalists for several decades and footage of workers getting blasted during lunchtime breaks have been all over investigative reporting shows. Of course, when confronted with the footage plant management always insisted that they had implemented new procedures to ensure that the workers were not baked on the job. I absolutely hate to see American manufacturing jobs disappear from our country but when you see what some manufacturers are up against it makes you wonder if you would do anything differently if you were in their shoes.
These Demon 170’s need a “Change Engine” light. 😀
You have been around a long time Uncle Tony. I remember having a copy of Fast Fords and Hotrod Chevys. I really enjoyed reading it. Keep rockin it dude!
My brother works as a service manager at a Dodge dealership and I asked him to see what he could find out and he was able to find an open warranty claim on a Deamon 170 that was found to be missing the lower half of the #1 main bearing. I’m not sure if this is a 2nd one or the same and some details were incorrect. The car came in with 217 miles for low oil pressure and leaking oil pan gasket. While replacing the gasket shavings were found this dealer was told to first inspect the crankshaft and second locate the source of shavings, which is reasonable because if the crank is shot, it doesn’t really matter where they came from. It’s an engine replacement anyway the number one bearing cap was found not to have a bearing, it is unclear if the bearing was not installed or if the shavings is what was left of it. My brother said that potentially it could be possible that it was not installed because he thinks number one and two rods are fed from the number two main so with the oil sump there there could be enough splash lubrication for just that one main, I asked him how would any oil make it to the top? If all the pressure was going out around the number one main he said the only thing he could think of would be the supercharger drive was applying enough force to the front of the crank To keep it stable enough the oil couldn’t come out faster than the pump could pump it like I said this is mostly speculation. The only thing I can say is fact is there is a demon 170 that has either chewed up and spit out a number one bearing or was assembled without it. The only reason I say assembled without it is even possible is there was no trace of that half under the cap
100 percent facts it’s actually sad that people don’t understand how this works.
Stellantis has single handedly destroyed Dodge, Ram, Jeep, Chrysler.
To be fair, alcoholism by the buyers and bro country music destroyed RAM.
@@smokecrackhailsatan hahaha that was funny
What was left to destroy after Daimler and Fiat? Mopar has been dead for at least 20 years.
@@smokecrackhailsatan Said by a proud crackhead satanist. That tracks.
Remember daimler benz, fiat now stellantis, Crystler is passed around like a whore.
My '93 Jeep ZJ 5.2 went 170,000 original miles with half of a main thrust bearing (block side) that never made surface contact with the crank. After many years it did wipe out the crank in the thrust area to the point that the crank counterweights were hitting the block (reason for pulling the engine). The crank had about 1/2" end play. I have not checked line bore to see what caused the issue, but weird stuff can and has happened from the factory. Mine did have lower than average oil pressure on the gauge for a Mopar, but nothing alarming. I still have the block.
I'm glad you took the time to explain how thing actually work Tony as opposed to the internet's hype driven BS.
And the social media users lack of literacy.
There’s a couple things that also don’t add up! One, with out oil pressure the sensor would either prevent the engine from running or shut it down after the dramatic pressure loss! Secondly the knock sensor would have also shut the engine down since in a matter of minutes the noise would be excessive!
Uncle Tony is a noble sage amongst youtube quacks
I'd just like to say that the thumbnail for this video with your mouth 'OHH!'ing and hand out like the classical UA-cam clickbait OMG videos is the funniest I've seen in a long time!
Nice video ;)
That engine wouldn't have even made it out of the factory lot without at least making some ungodly sounds if that would have happened! Great informative video on why that could have never happened for the people that have never built an engine!👍
Very understandable, very well explained, thanks UT.
Excellent description, you did a great job, thanks!
Man I just found your channel and it’s amazing! You’re so good at explaining things and your world views I connect with so much. Thank you for doing what you do. Us younger folks might be annoying, but some of us are hungry for this information and don’t have fathers that taught us this stuff.
It’s scary what passes for competency these days…
Doesn't sound like a quality problem to me, sounds like a disgruntled group of Stellantis employees at the engine plant.
So if half shell was indeed left out …. A low oil pressure light or alarm etc would have shown As They Drove Car Off Assembly Line right
Another factor making idea suspicious
That's why I watch your channel. You 'kindly', but with facts, blow these myths out of the water. No snark, no bark, just the facts Jack plus a few visual aids to help drive the point home. Well done, Sir!
I worked for a Dodge dealer during the late '70s as a new car prep mechanic. The quality control on those cars was totally nonexistent, and consequently they almost worked me to death. I even had one V8 car come in with only seven pistons and rods.
Glad you made a video about this, I just don't have the time. The first thing I thought when I saw it was how did it make enough oil pressure during the test run at the plant to end up in a vehicle.
More likely, a tuner of some kind raised the RPM cut off and bearings spun at higher speed than the engine is designed for.
Good info Tony!
Hello Tony, love all your videos. Have you ever talked to Kiwi about the Australian Mopars?
Great explanation. I was thinking the exact same thing, no oil pressure and a serious knock. Would have been noticed by the technician doing the PDI at the very least. IMHO
When I first saw this story I knew it was BS.
As you've said, it's unlikely the engine would have lasted long. I doubt it would make it 1 minute.
I'm glad you said this... I was thinking and wondering the same basic thing
Very informative Tony
Like you said, they like cars yet don't understand how they work and most are just getting information from unknown sources just so they can do a video on UA-cam. Kind of like when we were kids and the teacher would tell the first kid a story and by time it got to the last kid it was a completely different story. What's crazy is how much they want to beat up on Dodge yet then say they love the cars or they say blanks Garage yet they are sitting in their living room. Thanks Uncle Tony, you at least know what you're talking about!
Agreed Uncle Tony! Many don’t understand what the bearings do other the support the load. They also are responsible for oil pressure
I worked at a Chrysler garage in 79. A main bearing knock on cold start was common in V8 engines. The v-belts would hold the crank up against the upper front main and cylinder firing would make a knock. All engines I worked on had a grooved lower main. Installing a solid lower shell would fix the problem. This was common in SBCs even with solid lower shells. In that case you had to take the front main clearance down to one thousand.
different subject but you might know i have a 1966 D500 with poly 318 has 3bolt direct drive starter do you know of any adapter to put the later model small starter on this truck
Even before your explanation, I thought "that would lead to a massive internal oil leak". Engine would last 5, maybe 10 minutes at most & that's at idle!
(yes, I am a mechanic)
Hey Tony. Remember on the old Fueler and Top Alcohol Hemis how the rear main would tighten up after 2 or 3 runs and you'd have to throw in a new bullet? That was at the 1500 hp mark for a purpose built BAE or KB Hemi. Crank deflection at the flywheel would cause it. Imagine what's happening to a modern production Hemi at the 1000 hp mark.
Rear main damage on a fuel motor is nearly always indicative of a clutch issue or severe tire shake
good job thanks for sharing
Forget about the oil starvation issue for a second. The main thrust bearing was obviously in place. Tell me how missing a main bearing would have any effect on oil getting past the rear main seal? Absolutely no chance unless the seal was damaged in some way or the sealing surface had a nick, which damaged the sealing lip of the seal.
Great video
I chose full groove main bearings for my 73' mod 318 which according to the Clevite catalog, became standard in 1976. I don't mind 360° oiling on the rods & and I'm sure the rods don't either.
I figured they were going to say they found the oil leak being a hole in the block.
About the only thing I can figure is if the missing shell would let the crank move enough to cause the rear seal to leak. Hard to imagine how you’d get to checking bearings trying to fix an oil leak.
Uncle Tony You are the Man
I read the title and figured something was amiss. There's no way that would pass end of line, even if no one noticed it was making no oil pressure, it be making a hell of a racket.
I knew my new Dodge Ram seemed under powered! They left out 7 pistons and only three bolts are holding the heads on. Can’t believe I didn’t notice earlier. Whaaaa doooo?
I would say buy a ford or Chevy, but those are probably no good either.
@@billyduffany3387dead on right there bud.
Nothing new is worth messing with.
My Mom bought a "Honda certified" Honda fit. Dealership maintained. For 150,000 miles. Engine consuming 2-3 quarts in 3000 miles.
Their recommended oil change intervals guarantee someone who isn't paying attention will destroy this car. My Mom complained about the oil consumption, they consider it a normal amount of oil consumption. I thought I was telling her to do the right thing by
A. Buying a Honda
B. With maintenance records
C. With a warranty.
It's not a bad car otherwise, but everything these days has what I've heard called" low tension rings" for better efficiency.
They won't build a smaller, lighter car with any better fuel mileage than they were getting 30 years ago, but they claim consuming that much oil is more efficient.....its all horseshit.
@@ryurc3033 Funny how they “can’t” get better fuel milage out of these cars. Heck we use a 2010 civic as a gas saver and leave my wife’s 2021 4cyl Kia in the driveway because it gets horrible milage in comparison. Lies and deception.
I would be interested in that video about grooved vs half grooved bearings. IIRC my Honda has fully grooved main bearings, and i was surprised to see that yours were not.
Fully grooved is worse, all it does is weaken the bearing and may reduce peak cylinder pressure. Top bearing can have groove as it does not see as much load can help oiling at startup i guess. I think porsche did study this decades ago and found no benefits only drawbacks on bottom half of bearing
The Chrysler Corporation back in the 50's and 60's is long gone. Only the name remains.
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Please do an entire video on bearing types and their effects!
Another moment of wisdom from Tony
Had a Ford Taurus in the shop years ago. A combustion leak test revealed exhaust gas in the coolant. When we pulled the heads to replace the head gaskets, guess what, no head gaskets. This wasn't a new car. It had been on the road for years. I thought the guys were trying to pull something on me. I wanted to see the head gaskets to see what they would tell me. When I didn't find hear gaskets I looked in the trash on the bench and floor. I looked everywhere. I asked my guys what they did with the head gaskets. They said they never took any head gaskets off the heads or block. It's hard to believe and I would have never believed that you could assemble an engine without head gaskets and have it run for years without a problem.
Ive seen missing bears disassembling engines, where the bearing shell is stuck in the cap lololol
The new cars coming out from certain companies already have plenty of problems, there's no.need to make stuff up. 😎 Uncle Tony making common sense great again!
Thanks for showing people the facts
Interesting. Only can go by what the dealer said and why they are replacing the engine
I think they would hear it on initial start up.🤣
I don't think the main bearings might knock they're probably only leaving out one shell
They may not hear it but should have seen the lack of oil pressure.
The weight of the torque converter with no rear bearing would probly have vibrated real bad too
Uncle Tony is great thinking about the missing bearing story. ONE question if #8 rod had zero oil pressure would not the engine's computer show some weird oil pressure readings. Would you think #8 rod had some oil pressure. I like the video. Thanks Bart
Remember when they switched all the truck wiring harness connections to silver instead of gold and then didn’t account for the difference in resistance and had to recall them all and replace them with gold connected wiring harnesses? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
My dad had 1976 dodge truck back in 76 77 and it had no rear main bearing for the factory
I’ve seen a gen 3 hemi that was donated to the schools auto shop from a local dealer that was pulled out under warranty because it burned oil from the factory I got to be the first one to open it up it had no piston rings from the factory and the guy put 50k moles on it somehow
Intake Compression Detonation Exhaust.I think you must have all four.
with a missing bearing shell. The oil loss would be so great the rods would come loose within a few minutes. On the same note I have seen an engine with 20 main bearings and a 10 crank that ran fine but puked out the rear main. No loose rods. But in a new car assembly they would not have access to any oversized bearings. so I am calling all this BS.
I'm questioning how .020" undersize main bearings can be installed with a crank having .010" undersized journals would even rotate. The interference fit would render it immovable. Did you perhaps get your parameters crossed? I.E. A .020" crank with .010" bearings? This would likely run for awhile but oil pressure would be almost non existent.
@@larryakre5942 yea 20 crank with 10 bearings. and it still ran. had some oil pressure but not much. Guy drove it like that for a week. .o10 extra clearance Rod bearings were not totally loose yet either. Took it apart and replaced Main and rod bearings and it ran fine. Crank was still in spec.
Not a new thing, there was a time in the 80's when GM was selling long block 454 LS6 reproductions and ZZ4 small block 350 over the parts counter. A staggering percentage of those engines, built in Mexico, had problems. The small blocks were foggers, burning more oil than gas and I saw some big blocks with missing bearing shells. The shop I worked at was contracted to tear down the engines to inspect and blueprint before sale. Don't get me started about the Grand National 3.8 turbo; I don't think a single one of those ever made it out of warranty without blowing up! Are these Mopar engines built in Mexico?
Oil starvation wouldn't even come into play untill after the bearing spins and gets beat like a hammer, thins out and gets chewed up like bubble gum lol good video
My old Plymouth has a tear in its eye watching mother Chrysler implode
My Dakota 2000 has no parents.she's an orphan.Some day the same fate will befall all American Brand Cars.
Companies Owned by Foreigners that never made a good car- American car buyers ignored them and they went back
Once, you were a kook with a foreign car- only the Dealer could fix it, and it broke a lot
That's where we're at again
Please do a video on bearing grooves.
I am aware of an airplane engine where a couple of through-bolts were left loose by a previous owner's mechanic. Not quite as bad as leaving out a main bearing, but the through-bolts are important to make sure the bearings and hence the crank main journal is well supported. Happily the manufacturer had a procedure to confirm no damage was done.
In 1985 my neighbor bought a brand new Dodge 1/2 ton pickup 4x4 and it was a oil burner, he took it to the dealer and they found there was pistons with no rings on a few cylinders, so the dealer rebuilt the engine and it still used oil and didn't run right and he took it back and they wouldn't do anything about it until my neighbor called Chrysler and talked to Lee Iacocca and Chrysler sent a brand new engine to the dealer and it was installed and that solved his problem!!!!!!
That xar behind you. Its the most popular color in my small town.
I said the same thing. Hell if you put a minute scratch in a cam bearing doing a cam swap you can lose 10-20 psi like nothing
I looked on rockauto catalog, and found that the upper bearing for the 6.2 v8 doesn't need the bottom bearing to "cap off" the oil flow. The oil groove doesn't run the entire 180 degrees of the upper bearing, it tapers off before the edges. Maybe it could still function that way for a while?
Wasn't there a time when engines were all splash lubed ? I think having a small amount of oil dropped through the passage would still send oil to the bearings, and would probably let it run for a bit longer than what people are saying. It is not ideal, and would wear out faster, but my understanding is that an oil film would still be present to prevent immediate failure. Especially with the modern oils, it would work its way into the bearing. Also, maybe I am looking at it the wrong way, but that rod bearing looks like it gets "primed" with oil at the bottom of the stroke, and is not getting pressure at top dead center, so at that point, oil pressure is not relevant.
The idiot light would have been on from the first start. 😂
Kids today... They'll believe anything. 😊 Thanks for the explanation, I think a non-gearhead would follow "No bearing = busted engine" well enough. 😆
Worked for a guy who purchased a new Ford pickup in 1979, had a miss from time he picked it up. Long story short, found out was missing a rod and piston. Engine was warranted and got a new one.
My only question why did the dealer document it and replace the engine?
I worked at a ford dealership back in the last seventies and had 2 cars come in with engine bearings missing.
If a main bearing drops out, you loose 100% of all oil pressure.
With that much clearance, and that little oil flow, even on a high performance oil pump system, is enough for the oil pressure to flatline and the whole system lacks enough oil to continue to operate.
At the point one went a couple of miles, it would stick bearings all along the crank and seize up.
Uncle Tony what is ur opinion on stellantis downsizing it's usa operations and what It means for mopar
Just goes to show that is far as vehicles and replacement parts go, old is gold
It's a cost cutting move!! The bean counters said all those extra pieces are just a waste, not needed. Customers are expecting way too much for a measly 75 grand vehicle! They've been pampered for too long now!
Would have sounded like a mad leprechaun trying to hammer his way out of the engine.
Half a bearing would be noisy right at start up.
Tight tolerances, 0 weight oils, garbage tee oil delivery schemes, higher engine operating temps and cost down engineering are far more likely to kill an engine. Chrysler is not alone, but they might be pushing the envelope for how cheap and failure prone can you make an engine before it disintegrates into a pile of scrap.
Another big hole in the story , The car has to be driven from the assy. line to a storage lot and then driven from that lot onto a transport truck . So the car would not be delivered .