</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">Originally posted by snowrodeo:
<strong>don't kid yourself, the DOHC does tick. it has hydraulic valve lash adjusters, similar to lifters but not technically the same. shake a bush and twenty DOHC owners with ticking problems will fall out. having said that, most of us have had good luck flushing and running synthetic oils that in many cases have cured the ticking problems. i use mine to tow my 3,000# boat and my pop-up with no trouble. it's torquey and loves to run hard. many have had trouble with intake gaskets but apparently that's not too hard to fix either.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, Helv, Helvetica, Sans">I thought the 97 Rodeo was a SOHC. My understanding was they put the 175 hp version in the Rodeo and base Troopers until 96 (the DOHC was an option in Troopers only from 92 to 95). Then all models got an upgraded 190 HP version of the SOHC 3.2 for 96 and 97. The first DOHC Rodeo was the 1998 205 hp version.

Might be wrong though, memory sucks lately. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="images/icons/confused.gif" />

<small>[ February 03, 2003, 02:34 PM: Message edited by: Paul E ]</small>