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strange and scary oil gremlin, temp drop to zero! |
iankarr |
May 30 2016, 05:40 PM
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The wrencher formerly known as Cuddy_K Group: Members Posts: 2,480 Joined: 22-May 15 From: Heber City, UT Member No.: 18,749 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
Hi Guys,
Finally getting the 2056 running great and took it out for a 15 minute drive around the hood. As I'm climbing a hill at about 3000rpm, I see the green light come on and I immediately lay off the gas. I check the VDO mechanical oil gauge and it's reading zero. Not sure if I imagined this part, but I could swear I heard a slight metal-on-metal friction sound in the engine for a few seconds. There was a line of cars behind me, and being on a hill, no real safe place to pull over, so I put it back in gear and gave it a little gas to get me to a safe place. The green light went out, the VDO gauge read 35 and all seemed well. Was able to drive the remaining 10 blocks home without incident and at normal pressure. I checked the grounds on the gauges and all seems fine. The light sender and VDO sender are in different places, so little chance both grounds went bad at the same time. I let the car cool down a bit and checked the oil...a quart low. I guess the slight drip from the taco plate and all the tuning and testing I've done used more than I thought. Wouldn't it be weird for the oil pump to just stop and then start again? or could that possibly be a sign of a failing pump? Or could it be something simple like driving up hill while a quart low on oil? Def something I don't want to experience again! Ideas welcome. Thanks! |
stugray |
May 31 2016, 02:14 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,825 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
My car has sucked an air bubble on the track on a long RH sweeper.
You could see it in the datalogger and the dash idiot light in the video. At the point where the oil light comes on, you can hear a loud Click from the engine which I assume was the actual air bubble moving through the system. It only did it for about one second, but if you sucked in more than one bubble's worth, I believe you would hear it as a 'racket' from the engine (kind of like water hammer effect in pipes). |
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