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tornik550 |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,248 Joined: 29-January 07 From: Ohio Member No.: 7,486 Region Association: None ![]() |
I was driving along today (about 40mph) and I looked in the rear view mirror and saw smoke. I immediately looked at the oil pressure gauge and right when I looked down, I saw the oil pressure gauge go to 0. It was not safe for me to turn off the engine and stop, I drove it at low rpm for about 1 minute until I could get in safe area. Everything was running fine when I shut down the engine. The head temps were normal. I have not started the engine since.
It turns out that one of the lines for my external oil cooler tore. I was able to get the car home on a friends trailer. I had fresh oil in the engine when the line tore. What are the chances that I majorly screwed up my engine? How can I find out if I did? |
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Senior Member ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,248 Joined: 29-January 07 From: Ohio Member No.: 7,486 Region Association: None ![]() |
I went back to the scene and looked at the oil slick. Aparently there was still a fairly decent amount of oil coming from the engine when I shut it off so It wasn't completely empty. There is also a huge amount of oil on my floor from sitting in my garage overnight. The oil looks brand new.
I am not going to send off the oil. If the engine sounds fine and the gauges read fine, I am just gonna run it. The results wouldn't change anything for me. Other may be different however if they did find metal I the oil, I'm not gonna tear apart the engine anyways. |
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