So, Where's All the Oil Going?
Like all of you, before going on a trip I check all fluid levels. My oil dip stick indicated "full". After 527 miles I checked the oil level again while fueling up. Oil was down 1-1/2 quarts. Strange,...
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My case was worse.. 37,000 miles, and I sometimes added a quart between oil changes, or more if I climbed mountains, but I don't normally do worse than foothills.
Suddenly in the last 300 miles it sucked up (or rather pumped out) six quarts of oil, the piston sized, the cap came off the rod and BOOM, I'm dead on the side of the road waiting on a tow truck.. That was July 2014
Today is March 2017,, I'm 3 feet up in the air, the engine is sitting on the ground in the mechanic's tractor port (Replacement arrives tomorrow, so does insurance adjuster)
Here is what happened:.... I hit a pot hole, Now this was the granddaddy of pot holes.. Low speed (I was turning left into a restaurant) the hole was filled with rain so I thought a slight dip but no,, This puppy was deep enough that it rattled my teeth,, It also lifted the oil cooler out of it's tray when I fell in, and when I hit the far end it jumped forward and fell down on the frame rail.
The oil lines (aluminum) run UNDER the oil cooler, the steel frame sliced through 'em like a knife through butter and six quarts of oil hit the ground
So. why am I typing all this..... Well. it's one thing to add to your suspect list.
Suddenly in the last 300 miles it sucked up (or rather pumped out) six quarts of oil, the piston sized, the cap came off the rod and BOOM, I'm dead on the side of the road waiting on a tow truck.. That was July 2014
Today is March 2017,, I'm 3 feet up in the air, the engine is sitting on the ground in the mechanic's tractor port (Replacement arrives tomorrow, so does insurance adjuster)
Here is what happened:.... I hit a pot hole, Now this was the granddaddy of pot holes.. Low speed (I was turning left into a restaurant) the hole was filled with rain so I thought a slight dip but no,, This puppy was deep enough that it rattled my teeth,, It also lifted the oil cooler out of it's tray when I fell in, and when I hit the far end it jumped forward and fell down on the frame rail.
The oil lines (aluminum) run UNDER the oil cooler, the steel frame sliced through 'em like a knife through butter and six quarts of oil hit the ground
So. why am I typing all this..... Well. it's one thing to add to your suspect list.
