Oil Pump/Balance Shaft Assembly Discontinued?

[rocker.nurse]

Good Afternoon All,

I have a 2014 Journey, 2.4L SE/AVP A/T that had head gasket failure about a month ago. Luckily, I caught it right away (temp went up but not to catastrophic temps) and the car was parked. My father is a mechanic (mostly older race cars and large engines, i.e. busses). Head was taken to the machinist and is good, new gaskets installed everywhere possible, engine running great except it started with "low oil pressure" after 20 minutes of driving. He replaced the sensor, still got the code. Then hooked up an external gauge to make sure it wasn't a false/electrical error. It wasn't. The car would run perfect and then pressure would plummet to nothing.

I'm trying to find a replacement oil pump and of course nothing is easy with this car. What I've found is the part number for my VIN (3C4PDCAB2ET281538) is 68127987AK, this was confirmed with a dealer. Apparently you can't buy just the oil pump and have to buy the entire "Balance With Oil Pump Shaft Package". This is out of stock with Mopar, and I'm told by dealers it's on backorder with no stock date at this time. Clearly my car will not run without it. I've searched online and when I find it in stock at websites like "MoparPartsGiant", etc. they say it's not actually in stock. eBay dealers can't give me a straight answer either. Everything I'm running into is actually telling me this pump has been discontinued. 

We really just wanted to replace the pump and be done with it vs. tearing it down to try to find the issue (visually everything is good, no shavings in pan, everything looks pristine). What are my options at this point if I just absolutely can't find this stupid part? And this just reinforces why I will never again own a Dodge.

 

Thank you for your help!

[2late4u]

quickest option would be the local scrap/junk yards for a used one LKQ is a national one that comes to mind,but everywhere has a local scrap yard and the 2.4 engine is a popular engine,so it  should be easy to find a bad engine with the pump you need, check with your local body shops for more info... good luck on fining the part and please report back on what you find

[rocker.nurse]

33 minutes ago, 2late4u said:

quickest option would be the local scrap/junk yards for a used one LKQ is a national one that comes to mind,but everywhere has a local scrap yard and the 2.4 engine is a popular engine,so it  should be easy to find a bad engine with the pump you need, check with your local body shops for more info... good luck on fining the part and please report back on what you find

 

Thank you. Honesty, we are trying to avoid doing this because there wouldn't be a guarantee the replacement would even be in functioning condition. It's a huge pain to keep taking it off and putting it back on, which is why we just want a new/refurbished one that we know, without a doubt, would work. Have you ever heard of such a vital part being discontinued without replacement offered? 

 

 

[2late4u]

3 hours ago, rocker.nurse said:

 

Thank you. Honesty, we are trying to avoid doing this because there wouldn't be a guarantee the replacement would even be in functioning condition. It's a huge pain to keep taking it off and putting it back on, which is why we just want a new/refurbished one that we know, without a doubt, would work. Have you ever heard of such a vital part being discontinued without replacement offered? 

 

 

i have been waiting on an ABS module for my journey for over 8 months as of  now, none available from the dealership or part stores as well, at least i am lucky the journey will still work. it  just dont have the anti braking on it,,,this is what happens when all the parts are made overseas.