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clutchdust

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Jumped in the truck this morning to go help a guy out and made it to the light at the end of the street when I noticed my "check gauge" light on the dash. Looked down and had no oil pressure. Truck was running OK so I made it through the intersection and pulled into a lot. One look under neath and sure as shit, the oil cooler line blew out. I ended up walking back to the house and can see where the line let go. Looks like I drove about 1/2-3/4 mile pumping oil out.
The truck was running and I could not hear or feel any difference when I turned it off. The bad news is the hose shop won't have the hose done before Monday so I won't know if I've toasted the motor. A couple things I'm taking as good omens are that I drove back past the intersection and there was a pretty good size oil spot. That may not sound like good news but I'm looking at it as there was still oil in the sump to pump out. The other good omen is that I put a gallon (2 gallon sump) of oil in the pan and it brought me up to close to the full mark so I figure I still had 2-3 quarts in the pan after shut down.
I don't think I need to tell a few of you how bad this will be for me if this truck crashes. The only way we've been paying our bills the last few months is the odd job here and there I pick up working for people. If the truck takes a dump, my options get really slim really fast.
 
You can drive a short way under light load without any oil pressure. I wouldn't worry about that.

When the hasmat team has to go out and clean that oil slick up you'll probably get a bill for about 10,000 bucks.
 
clutchdust said:
Jumped in the truck this morning to go help a guy out and made it to the light at the end of the street when I noticed my "check gauge" light on the dash. Looked down and had no oil pressure. Truck was running OK so I made it through the intersection and pulled into a lot. One look under neath and sure as shit, the oil cooler line blew out. I ended up walking back to the house and can see where the line let go. Looks like I drove about 1/2-3/4 mile pumping oil out.
The truck was running and I could not hear or feel any difference when I turned it off. The bad news is the hose shop won't have the hose done before Monday so I won't know if I've toasted the motor. A couple things I'm taking as good omens are that I drove back past the intersection and there was a pretty good size oil spot. That may not sound like good news but I'm looking at it as there was still oil in the sump to pump out. The other good omen is that I put a gallon (2 gallon sump) of oil in the pan and it brought me up to close to the full mark so I figure I still had 2-3 quarts in the pan after shut down.
I don't think I need to tell a few of you how bad this will be for me if this truck crashes. The only way we've been paying our bills the last few months is the odd job here and there I pick up working for people. If the truck takes a dump, my options get really slim really fast.
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when all oil is gone you get valve train clatter and all kinda noises. If you didn't hear any odd sounds then its fine.
 
JeffP1167 said:
clutchdust said:
Jumped in the truck this morning to go help a guy out and made it to the light at the end of the street when I noticed my "check gauge" light on the dash. Looked down and had no oil pressure. Truck was running OK so I made it through the intersection and pulled into a lot. One look under neath and sure as shit, the oil cooler line blew out. I ended up walking back to the house and can see where the line let go. Looks like I drove about 1/2-3/4 mile pumping oil out.
The truck was running and I could not hear or feel any difference when I turned it off. The bad news is the hose shop won't have the hose done before Monday so I won't know if I've toasted the motor. A couple things I'm taking as good omens are that I drove back past the intersection and there was a pretty good size oil spot. That may not sound like good news but I'm looking at it as there was still oil in the sump to pump out. The other good omen is that I put a gallon (2 gallon sump) of oil in the pan and it brought me up to close to the full mark so I figure I still had 2-3 quarts in the pan after shut down.
I don't think I need to tell a few of you how bad this will be for me if this truck crashes. The only way we've been paying our bills the last few months is the odd job here and there I pick up working for people. If the truck takes a dump, my options get really slim really fast.
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when all oil is gone you get valve train clatter and all kinda noises. If you didn't hear any odd sounds then its fine.
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Jeff is correct, fuck the EPA and all that haxmat shit....

high time the motoring public took on the EPA/weenies and destroyed their empire of bullshit....

:cussing::cussing:

Oh, BTW, that is why I never put a engine oil cooler on my vette, though about it, but NO, just that reason....bad enough with leaks and filters and shit, to invite trouble with MORE plumbing....NOT@Q!!#
 
JeffP1167 said:
clutchdust said:
Jumped in the truck this morning to go help a guy out and made it to the light at the end of the street when I noticed my "check gauge" light on the dash. Looked down and had no oil pressure. Truck was running OK so I made it through the intersection and pulled into a lot. One look under neath and sure as shit, the oil cooler line blew out. I ended up walking back to the house and can see where the line let go. Looks like I drove about 1/2-3/4 mile pumping oil out.
The truck was running and I could not hear or feel any difference when I turned it off. The bad news is the hose shop won't have the hose done before Monday so I won't know if I've toasted the motor. A couple things I'm taking as good omens are that I drove back past the intersection and there was a pretty good size oil spot. That may not sound like good news but I'm looking at it as there was still oil in the sump to pump out. The other good omen is that I put a gallon (2 gallon sump) of oil in the pan and it brought me up to close to the full mark so I figure I still had 2-3 quarts in the pan after shut down.
I don't think I need to tell a few of you how bad this will be for me if this truck crashes. The only way we've been paying our bills the last few months is the odd job here and there I pick up working for people. If the truck takes a dump, my options get really slim really fast.
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when all oil is gone you get valve train clatter and all kinda noises. If you didn't hear any odd sounds then its fine.
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I agree, no clank, bang, knock or smoke is a good sign. Patch it up, fill it up and put it back on the road.
 
I think your engine will be fine. Shortly after I purchased my '73, I left the house one morning and after a few blocks, I noticed the Vette had zero oil pressure. I eased back to the house and when I raised the garage door I saw a puddle of oil in the middle of the floor. The engine had lost a couple of quarts of oil by this time. Turned out the plastic oil pressure gauge tube had broken inside the engine compartment while I was waiting for engine to warm up a bit. Replaced that POS plastic tube with a nitrous hose and was back in business. A later compression check and dyno tune revealed no engine damage at all. I suspect yours will be okay as well.

DC
 
Gary, Teri and I wish you the best of luck. It DOES sound like you may be allright.:thumbs:
 
Thanks everyone. I do hope you all are right and I'm just worrying over nothing. The truck is a '99 GMC with the much maligned 6.5TD. I know some people hate these things but I have found that if treated well, they can serve a long life. But nobody can ask an engine to run without oil for any length of time and expect to get off easy. I do think I caught it rather quickly and I was fortunate that I only made it about a mile from the house so I'm trying to stay positive about the whole thing. But like I said, I've been trying to catch up on a lot of overdue maintenance because this is the only way I can earn a living right now.
 
Gary,

I hope everything is all right. I'm with the rest. I think you should be ok.
 
where's the oil cooler line that broke in relation to the pump and where is the pressure switch?
i am not familiar with the setup on this truck but does the oil go thru the cooler after it runs thru the engine? i would think you want the oil to go from the pump directly to the engine to supply oil as fast as possible, if you still had oil in the pan that the pump could suck then why did the low pressure light come on?
or is the pickup in the pan so high that it leaves 3 qts below the pickup ??

wish you all the best, it's about time for you to have some better luck
 
All his oil was on the street, the pump was sucking air. Should be OK, if you fried the engine it will start knocking badly almost immediately and you can feel the power drop off considerably if you have welded the bearings to the yournals. It feels a little like running out of gas, power will drop off and the gas pedal will be like kicking a dead mule. Agree w turtle, you should be OK. Drop oil in it, pull ign. and turn the motor over to see if you get oil press and then start it.
 
i think you are ok also.....if it wasn't making horrible noises when you turned it off i bet you are fine. i would expect when you turn it back on it will sound the same. just think about a lawn mower engine they get the crap kicked out of them and they last forever.
 
I guess that the oil must have seeped into the ground, but today there is oil coming up in my yard. Now I know where it cam from.:hissyfit:
 
BangkokDean said:
I guess that the oil must have seeped into the ground, but today there is oil coming up in my yard. Now I know where it cam from.:hissyfit:
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And up from the groud came a bubbling crude, Old Dean's a MILLIONAIRE!!#!

So he packs up his stuff, and moves to Beverly, Hills that is....


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Not out of the woods just yet... but it does look promising.
I got the hose today and installed. Started it up and it idled just fine. Rattles like all hell but it is a diesel after all. I drove it about ten miles and the oil pressure stayed good, 20+psi even at idle while warm.
The way I'm thinking is that if I don't post something about leaving my crank on the side of the road by the end of the year, I probably dodged a bullet.
 
clutchdust said:
Not out of the woods just yet... but it does look promising.
I got the hose today and installed. Started it up and it idled just fine. Rattles like all hell but it is a diesel after all. I drove it about ten miles and the oil pressure stayed good, 20+psi even at idle while warm.
The way I'm thinking is that if I don't post something about leaving my crank on the side of the road by the end of the year, I probably dodged a bullet.
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I'm personally torn between the hope the engine is fine and the pleasure of reading yet another of your captivating stories.:loveletter::rofl:
 
Denis, I appreciate both sentiments. But look at it this way, as long as the engine is healthy, that will supply me with at least a half dozen other stories in the future. :wink:
 
Does the boost come up nicely? If anything is cooked i would think the turbo bearings would be the first to suffer.

Do you run conventional or synthetic?
 
I have 100 miles on it as of this evening so I'm beginning to feel more and more comfortable. It seems to be running fine, no lack of power, good oil pressure. All feels well. I still don't feel out of the woods, but the longer it runs trouble free the more confident I feel.
I do plan on pulling the transmission in a few months to put a tow kit in it and I'm thinking hard about lifting the engine, dropping the pan and just putting a fresh set of bearings in it to be on the safe side. The thing has almost 250k miles on it so I'm sure it can't hurt.
 
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