Yidakimason
Member
Hey folks… Here’s a bit of backstory:
My 2012 Expedition EL Limited was overdue for oil change, leaks enough that I’ve been topping up though. I’ve suspected the VVT solenoids for some time now and planned to do them next week when my family is away. If oul gets low, these act up and I get the stalling at low rpms.
On my drive home yesterday, cruising at hey speed, my oil pressure light goes on and my guage drops away. Then light off/pressure back. This cycled several times, and I could feel/hear no difference in performance, so I decided to keep driving as I was two minutes away from home. The engine died and would not restart.
I let it cool down, and there is a no crank/no start situation. Just the loud ticking, as my battery seems fine.
Is this likely a seized motor?.. It didn’t sound any different, so I assumed the oil pressure sensor crapped out, but oil level was actually good ( checked right away).
Now I am trying to diagnose, but without any cranking. Seems to me that it must be related to old dirty oil, sensor crapping out… Bad VVT’s.. I just hope that something didn’t get blocked and oil was not circulating somewhere.
Thanks for any advice.
My first step is to replace oil pressure sensor, drain and change oil tomorrow.
Thanks
My 2012 Expedition EL Limited was overdue for oil change, leaks enough that I’ve been topping up though. I’ve suspected the VVT solenoids for some time now and planned to do them next week when my family is away. If oul gets low, these act up and I get the stalling at low rpms.
On my drive home yesterday, cruising at hey speed, my oil pressure light goes on and my guage drops away. Then light off/pressure back. This cycled several times, and I could feel/hear no difference in performance, so I decided to keep driving as I was two minutes away from home. The engine died and would not restart.
I let it cool down, and there is a no crank/no start situation. Just the loud ticking, as my battery seems fine.
Is this likely a seized motor?.. It didn’t sound any different, so I assumed the oil pressure sensor crapped out, but oil level was actually good ( checked right away).
Now I am trying to diagnose, but without any cranking. Seems to me that it must be related to old dirty oil, sensor crapping out… Bad VVT’s.. I just hope that something didn’t get blocked and oil was not circulating somewhere.
Thanks for any advice.
My first step is to replace oil pressure sensor, drain and change oil tomorrow.
Thanks