Engine woes
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Engine woes
Strange problem with me 93 F150 5.0 today. Started it up to make a trip and noticed the oil gauge was all the way on low. Stopped the truck immediately and checked the oil level, it was fine. Figured the gauge was just frozen from the cold so I started it up and it seemed to run OK so I took off.
Got about 8 miles away on the highway with no problems when all the sudden I was going up a hill and the engine didn't have enough power to get me to the top. I started to let off the gas and it was making I strange whirring noise and I could smell something that smelled like burning oil. As I was coasting to a stop the engine died completely.
Pulled over off the road, shut the key off and started it again, fired right up without a noise or anything, but oil gauge still all the way on low. Started gently driving again and it seemed to have no trouble. Got a few more miles down the road and the oil gauge popped back up to normal range. After that I was able to drive it on the highway maybe 12 more miles at normal speed and it ran like normal.
Is this a one time fluke thing, or is something going out that I can fix, or is my truck ready for the big scrap heap in the sky? Thanks
Got about 8 miles away on the highway with no problems when all the sudden I was going up a hill and the engine didn't have enough power to get me to the top. I started to let off the gas and it was making I strange whirring noise and I could smell something that smelled like burning oil. As I was coasting to a stop the engine died completely.
Pulled over off the road, shut the key off and started it again, fired right up without a noise or anything, but oil gauge still all the way on low. Started gently driving again and it seemed to have no trouble. Got a few more miles down the road and the oil gauge popped back up to normal range. After that I was able to drive it on the highway maybe 12 more miles at normal speed and it ran like normal.
Is this a one time fluke thing, or is something going out that I can fix, or is my truck ready for the big scrap heap in the sky? Thanks
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Thanks for the advice both of you... if it is a clogged tube, it must not be fully clogged as I don't think I would have made it at all on 0 oil pressure... the procedure for removing the oil pan to work on these looks way more expensive than I want to put into this old rustbucket. Is there a way to unsludge the oil without dropping it? Marvel mystery oil or kerosene maybe?
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Not that i know of , if the screen & tube is cloged to the point your loseing OP , the pan will have to come off , you would need to pull the valve covers to to clean up & open the drain holes , assuming thats the problem ???
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yea it sounds like the oil pump or sludge that was on the pick up that fell off or sucked threw it..... either way it might be a good idea to get a new pump just in case. how many miles are on the truck? $80 should be about enough to replace all of it with new a standard pressure pump $30 gasket $1 screen $20 oil pump shaft $5.50. And oil pan gasket for bout $20 lol if u have the xtra cash go ahead and get a chrome oil pan
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yea it sounds like the oil pump or sludge that was on the pick up that fell off or sucked threw it..... either way it might be a good idea to get a new pump just in case. how many miles are on the truck? $80 should be about enough to replace all of it with new a standard pressure pump $30 gasket $1 screen $20 oil pump shaft $5.50. And oil pan gasket for bout $20 lol if u have the xtra cash go ahead and get a chrome oil pan
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OK, thanks... guess I'll be calling my mechanic for an estimate. Once I regain consciousness, I'll probably be calling the local scrap yard. Thanks again everyone for your help.