Anyone actually lose oil pressure

[Kiwi_ME]

In 1983 my '75 Skoda coupe blew an oil cooler hose in Birmingham (UK) at night, dumping the entire contents of the sump onto the road in seconds. Fortunately there was a light as well as a gauge otherwise I would not have known in time to save the engine.

 

[TallPaul]

Originally Posted By: Miller88
I'm not sure where the oil pump is on the focus, but it's a transverse engine.
I have the 2.3L 4-banger Duratec in my Ranger. The oil pump is at the front left driven by a chain. So on a focus it would be at the side opposite the transmission I guess.

 

[KrisZ]

My 95 Accord had an incident with lost oil pressure. I just left the house to go to work and at the very first intersection, when accelerating from the green light, the oil pressure light went on. I immediately pulled over into the first driveway I saw. Fortunately it was a plaza, not a private house. I shut the car off and looked underneath. The oil was still dripping from the driver's side onto the pavement.

Since I was literally maybe 200 yards from the house I started the car. the oil light flickered and went off, so I proceeded to go back home. It started flickering again at the intersection, so I shut the engine off while waiting for the green. When I made it into my driveway the oil light went from flickering to full on.

It turned out that a seal on the timing belt tensioner shaft simply popped out, resulting in prtetty quick oil loss. This seal is actually part of the OE TB kit, but apparently the previous owner just changed the belt (it was a Goodyear) without anything else. So, in order to get to my indy, I simply pushed in the seal as far as I could with a flathead screwdriver and drove. He did the timing belt with OE kit and everything was fine afterwards. The engine was fine with no additional oil consumption or odd noises. The car was totaled about 6 months later.

 

[antiqueshell]

Originally Posted By: Cujet
Yes!

1966 Mustang with a fresh, intact and strong engine. It was a 1000 mile highway trip in colder weather. Fuel dilution was partially responsible. Castrol GTX 10w30. Oil change fixed the problem.

1985 Chevy ladder truck w/6 cylinder. The engine worked very hard pulling this truck and the bearings wore out very rapidly. Oil pressure dropped over the course of a work day and the engine failed.

1994 Turbo Miata "R" package. I used 0W-20 oil in an attempt to get a free'er revving engine and ended up with bearing failure.

Extra 300L aerobatic aircraft. I was a passenger in the front seat. Oil pressure went to zero while doing extended knife edge flight. Come to find out, the aerobatic oil system does not work in knife edge flight.


Wow, nothing like a couple of bonehead moves there...

 

[punisher]

I remember my first big block I built. Back then "fast is loose" was the mantra, so clearances weren't quite what they are now. Anytime it went above 3500 RPM warm (with 50wt racing oil) that oil pressure needle would bounce all over the place. Finally pulled it, installed new studs and a fancy windage tray, and roller rockers with restricted pushrods and all was well. Could not imagine 6 quarts of oil hanging in that block.