502 losing oil pressure
10-08-2013 | 05:23 PM
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Ok ok ok......this is the dumbest thing I have done in a while. I trusted the word of someone else instead of following up on my own, like it would have been so hard to just look at the dipstick.
Yeah, that's right, I just plain trusted someone else that there was oil in the motor, checked it and it was 4 1/2 quarts from full....
Yeah, that's right, I just plain trusted someone else that there was oil in the motor, checked it and it was 4 1/2 quarts from full....
10-08-2013 | 07:44 PM
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It held pressure I'm sure it's fine. If it was run offshore at 5500 for 45 min yeah it would be bad but in a small single run on the bay I'm pretty sure enough oil stayed in the pan to keep the pick up covered.
10-09-2013 | 02:41 PM
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Not trying to bust balls, but where did the oil go? 4.5 quarts low? How did that happen?
Many years ago, I had a 1978 F250 work truck. It had a 400 Ford engine. My mom called me one evening, and said she has a flat tire, and she was at the shopping mall about 20 miles away. It was getting late, and she was all alone in a dark parking lot. So I hopped in the old work truck with my floor jack and headed to get her, trying to hurry because that area wasn't the greatest. So I get on the hwy, and all of a sudden, my lifters are clattering quite loudly. I carried on, zipping down the hwy. I got off at the exit for the mall, and sitting at a red light, I saw the oil psi gauge going from 30-0psi, back to 30, etc. Pulled in the nearest gas station, and figured id check the oil. Pulled the dipstick and fukin thing coulda melted solder. WOW that's hot I thought. Nothing registered on the dipstick, so I went in and bought 2 quarts, put them in, rechecked. SOB, still nothing. Went back in, bought 3 more qts. it took all 3 and still showed a qt low. At that point, I had to get moving. Fired it back up, lifters continued to rattle for 4-5 seconds, and back to quiet as normal. After that, drove the truck 2 more years and sold it still running fine. Basically, drove 15+ miles with probably 1qt of oil in the thing!
Many years ago, I had a 1978 F250 work truck. It had a 400 Ford engine. My mom called me one evening, and said she has a flat tire, and she was at the shopping mall about 20 miles away. It was getting late, and she was all alone in a dark parking lot. So I hopped in the old work truck with my floor jack and headed to get her, trying to hurry because that area wasn't the greatest. So I get on the hwy, and all of a sudden, my lifters are clattering quite loudly. I carried on, zipping down the hwy. I got off at the exit for the mall, and sitting at a red light, I saw the oil psi gauge going from 30-0psi, back to 30, etc. Pulled in the nearest gas station, and figured id check the oil. Pulled the dipstick and fukin thing coulda melted solder. WOW that's hot I thought. Nothing registered on the dipstick, so I went in and bought 2 quarts, put them in, rechecked. SOB, still nothing. Went back in, bought 3 more qts. it took all 3 and still showed a qt low. At that point, I had to get moving. Fired it back up, lifters continued to rattle for 4-5 seconds, and back to quiet as normal. After that, drove the truck 2 more years and sold it still running fine. Basically, drove 15+ miles with probably 1qt of oil in the thing!
10-09-2013 | 02:52 PM
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Not trying to bust balls, but where did the oil go? 4.5 quarts low? How did that happen?
Many years ago, I had a 1978 F250 work truck. It had a 400 Ford engine. My mom called me one evening, and said she has a flat tire, and she was at the shopping mall about 20 miles away. It was getting late, and she was all alone in a dark parking lot. So I hopped in the old work truck with my floor jack and headed to get her, trying to hurry because that area wasn't the greatest. So I get on the hwy, and all of a sudden, my lifters are clattering quite loudly. I carried on, zipping down the hwy. I got off at the exit for the mall, and sitting at a red light, I saw the oil psi gauge going from 30-0psi, back to 30, etc. Pulled in the nearest gas station, and figured id check the oil. Pulled the dipstick and fukin thing coulda melted solder. WOW that's hot I thought. Nothing registered on the dipstick, so I went in and bought 2 quarts, put them in, rechecked. SOB, still nothing. Went back in, bought 3 more qts. it took all 3 and still showed a qt low. At that point, I had to get moving. Fired it back up, lifters continued to rattle for 4-5 seconds, and back to quiet as normal. After that, drove the truck 2 more years and sold it still running fine. Basically, drove 15+ miles with probably 1qt of oil in the thing!
Many years ago, I had a 1978 F250 work truck. It had a 400 Ford engine. My mom called me one evening, and said she has a flat tire, and she was at the shopping mall about 20 miles away. It was getting late, and she was all alone in a dark parking lot. So I hopped in the old work truck with my floor jack and headed to get her, trying to hurry because that area wasn't the greatest. So I get on the hwy, and all of a sudden, my lifters are clattering quite loudly. I carried on, zipping down the hwy. I got off at the exit for the mall, and sitting at a red light, I saw the oil psi gauge going from 30-0psi, back to 30, etc. Pulled in the nearest gas station, and figured id check the oil. Pulled the dipstick and fukin thing coulda melted solder. WOW that's hot I thought. Nothing registered on the dipstick, so I went in and bought 2 quarts, put them in, rechecked. SOB, still nothing. Went back in, bought 3 more qts. it took all 3 and still showed a qt low. At that point, I had to get moving. Fired it back up, lifters continued to rattle for 4-5 seconds, and back to quiet as normal. After that, drove the truck 2 more years and sold it still running fine. Basically, drove 15+ miles with probably 1qt of oil in the thing!
10-09-2013 | 03:24 PM
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