RE: Does it burn oil?
Our 5.7L doesn't burn or leak oil. I haven't heard or read of ANY modern HEMI with persistant leaking or burning oil issues. Wouldn't something like that be posted EVERYWHERE?!?!?
I'd imagine if I had a police cruiser that had been on a few high speed chases and decided to run it over a few curbs in pursuits, or bottomed it out going over railroad crossings, the undercarriage (including the aluminum oil pan) would have some damage. Could they be referring to abused engines?
Sorry - having a tough time believing this since I've been servicing ours for almost 2 years now with NO issues at all.
Is this "friend" a mechanic, has he worked on/seen these "problems", or is he just blowing (blue) smoke up your shorts?
Since you were on the SRT chat the other night, did you pose this question to the engineers? The 6.1L is an SRT8 only engine - I'd imagine they'd at least know about it.