Gummiest engine ever
- Thread starter MrGraybeard
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. Turned out to be the first of many warranty repairs for that vehicle.
I think there are two threads on this.
She's done no coming back from that mess
Better yet, Mobil 1 Advanced Clean will 1-shot that thing!
Propflux01
$100 Site Donor 2026
12k or not, that oil hasn’t ever been changed.
1) All of the above and maybe one of the "10 inferior oils from the 1930's cited by the Ohio Weights and Measures Dept." was used?
It sure looks like stupids were at the helm.
2) Did somebody hear him say it was a car used by a security company?
I couldn't get into the video. I had to bail as he read the headings of the diagnostic tool.
That guy talked and talked and said nothing.
3) If it was a security company car, I wonder if it was indeed run 3 8-hour shifts a day with guys just sitting in the AC.
If so, I hope the guards were at least studying
It sure looks like stupids were at the helm.
2) Did somebody hear him say it was a car used by a security company?
I couldn't get into the video. I had to bail as he read the headings of the diagnostic tool.
That guy talked and talked and said nothing.
3) If it was a security company car, I wonder if it was indeed run 3 8-hour shifts a day with guys just sitting in the AC.
If so, I hope the guards were at least studying
If new ones wet stack like the old ones it would still be a disaster. Emissions system would need replacing also.
I have horror stories of diesels idling all day in below zero weather for a week, not just wet stacking. Expensive lesson for some people and those people were us, the tax payer.
He's one of the channels I usually skip. Not the one to watch if you want to learn something or "get to the point". Plenty of old-tymer misconceptions & misunderstandings. I get it, "he's old" and "learning is hard", etc, etc.
Or an engine flush.
Customer towed his '78 (or '79) Ford Fairmont wagon into my father's shop. The 302ci V8 suddenly died on the road and wouldn't re-start.
After confirming the no-start condition, I got to removing the distributor cap and observed the rotor while cranking the engine. No rotation. I pulled the distributor and part of the broken drive shaft came with it.
After removing the oil pan, it was filled with sludged oil. The oil was so thick, the pick up screen had clogged and was sucked inwards toward the oil pump; oil was still allowed to "flow" as the suction tube remained open. I suppose this was a fail-safe design?
I found the cause for the twisted/broken pump drive shaft. There was a small, broken off piece of hard carbon-like material caught in the oil pump gears, essentially freezing the pump, twisting the pump drive shaft breaking it.
New pump and drive shaft, cleaned out the mess as best I could and re-assembled/re-timed. Luckily, the engine ran without knocking.
Questions were asked - found out that the owner used the "If full is good, over-fulled is better" logic.
After confirming the no-start condition, I got to removing the distributor cap and observed the rotor while cranking the engine. No rotation. I pulled the distributor and part of the broken drive shaft came with it.
After removing the oil pan, it was filled with sludged oil. The oil was so thick, the pick up screen had clogged and was sucked inwards toward the oil pump; oil was still allowed to "flow" as the suction tube remained open. I suppose this was a fail-safe design?
I found the cause for the twisted/broken pump drive shaft. There was a small, broken off piece of hard carbon-like material caught in the oil pump gears, essentially freezing the pump, twisting the pump drive shaft breaking it.
New pump and drive shaft, cleaned out the mess as best I could and re-assembled/re-timed. Luckily, the engine ran without knocking.
Questions were asked - found out that the owner used the "If full is good, over-fulled is better" logic.
wemay
Site Donor 2023
The car belongs to a security service. The Security Officers sit in the car for shifts at a time. I'm sure the officers take little interest in the vehicle since it doesn't belong to them, so the vehicle has just flown under the radar.
edyvw
$50 site donor 2026
OK, but the security service should have a maintenance schedule. The same is with police cars.
Would love to lay a brick on the gas pedal and watch the show….
Funny, at the 1:20 mark you can see an oil change sticker on the upper corner of the windshield.
A good old fashion diesel should be designed to be able to idle, or low RPM for a long time.
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Some parts cleaner, a brush to go after all that goo... perhaps a gallon or so of Kerosene, a motor oil flush, 1-3 fresh oil and filter changes and some lucas or old school STP or even motor Honey IF its still smoking or knocking and a For Sale Sign on the window with the words LOW 13K One Owner MILES! Only Driven To Church on Sundays...
I kid...
I did once looked at a VERY low mile van that a old woman owned it, She was proud to tell me she lived one block from her business and only drove the van to and from work every day, The dipstick looked like it had been sitting in old milk shake not oil...
No I didn't buy it...
I kid...
I did once looked at a VERY low mile van that a old woman owned it, She was proud to tell me she lived one block from her business and only drove the van to and from work every day, The dipstick looked like it had been sitting in old milk shake not oil...
No I didn't buy it...
And here I am changing oil at 500 miles on a new vehicle. Opposite side of crazy.
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Can you imagine if one of them were a BITOGer, how they would drive the boss crazy reminding them about scheduled maintenance.
