k9education
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If there were metal flakes in the oil, the lifters would be my primary concern.
Low oil pressure light came on and Engine shutdown into safe mode NEED HELP ASAP
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steelfan247
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That's my fear so you think the engine is going to need to be rebuilt or replaced?
stamp11127
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First thing to do is learn to hit the return key and break up the long paragraphs...after a long day at work it is hard to read a book with my old eyes.
Metal in oil indicates metal to metal contact. Instead of guessing what the problem is use your mind/tools and determine the cause. Have you changed the timing chains/guides? They can wear into the front cover and give you the metal flake look in the oil.
Low oil pressure - install a mechanical oil pressure gauge and read true pressure. As pressure drops the upper end of the engine starts to starve for oil - valves, lifters & rockers.
Metal in oil indicates metal to metal contact. Instead of guessing what the problem is use your mind/tools and determine the cause. Have you changed the timing chains/guides? They can wear into the front cover and give you the metal flake look in the oil.
Low oil pressure - install a mechanical oil pressure gauge and read true pressure. As pressure drops the upper end of the engine starts to starve for oil - valves, lifters & rockers.
steelfan247
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Installed a mechanical oil pressure gauge tonight the motor has spun a bearing. My guess is that it most likely happened by an oil pump failure. The pressure was good at first on a cold start up but after running the motor and it warming up it gradually loss pressure and eventually had no pressure this and the sound of clatter while increasing Rpms confirm there is internal damage also other info already stated. It's time to sell it as is or to do an engine swap. Thanks for everyone's help and input. Sorry for the depth of info just trying to be thorough to assist anyone reading this post understand what is occurring to help them give there input and advice. Not sure what avenue I'll go from here but need to weigh out some of the options that are still available at this point.
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steelfan247
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I'm pricing out some used motors from 90,000 to 120,000 miles with 6 month to 1 year warranty on them. I'll start removing the old motor for now because I'm looking at most likely fixing it. Replacing the rod bearings is another option. I'll most likely swap the motor though myself because I can get one for a good price it looks like.
pratik
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Kind of late in the party, but what did you end up doing to fix the issue?
riphip
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His engine was done. Time for replacement
