Hey guys,
I have a 96 with about 220k miles, it's supercharged, but I take good care of it, regular synthetic oil changes, etc. I live in SOCAL and recently had to take a road trip to Denver where I am currently working temporarily until the end of the year. Prior to leaving I wanted to make sure the truck would be up to the trip, so I had a shop fix a persistent slow leak coming from the front main seal. I drove from CA to CO, no issues at all. It still runs strong and is a reliable truck.
It's been very cold here in Denver since I arrived and the power steering pump whines the first couple of minutes before it warms up. I've been trying to let it warm up before I take it anywhere. Once it's warm, it's no problem.
Yesterday I had a day off and got on the interstate to visit a friend in western Kansas about three hours away. Truck was running fine. I was halfway there on cruise control doing about 75 and went up a small hill. The cruise control down-shifted to compensate for the hill and a moment or two later I noticed something was wrong. Something didn't sound right. The engine was dead. The RPMs were still high since I was doing 75, but it wasn't running voluntarily. At least I think that's what I remember seeing. It all happened very quickly.
I pulled over and popped the hood and saw nothing out of the ordinary except a small amount of discharge from the radiator and a boiling noise. The engine was not overheating, I chalked this up to driving at 75mph and suddenly turning off the engine without adequate cool-down (correct me if I'm wrong here).
I let it sit for several minutes and tried to start it. At first it didn't want to start. It turned over, but that was about it. I gave it some more time and tried it again. It turned over and ran, but it ran terribly! It sounded rough and noisy. I noticed there was no oil pressure. Previously my oil pressure gauge has been working fine. I turned it off. I started it once more about 20-30 minutes later with the same result. I've attached a video of trying to start it at the end of the post.
I had a good five hour sit waiting for the tow truck (apparently the tow truck overheated...), freezing my ass off on the side of the highway, and during that period I had a lot of time to search the forums and read about what could have happened.
No oil pressure leads me to think the oil pump died.
But it could also be that the shop who fixed the front main seal leak did not torque the flywheel pulley to 304 ft-lb.
Or it could be the Wix oil filter I have on there (I had no idea they were a potential source of concern!).
Or it could be something else I'm not thinking of?
I had it towed to Ken's Auto Service in Aurora. They stopped short of laughing at me when I mentioned the oil filter. They called back a couple hours later and said it was too complicated for them and recommended Toy Doctor on South Parker. I currently have a flatbed coming to move it to the new shop.
Is my truck totally screwed? Should I ask them to change the filter, torque the flywheel pulley, and try starting it? Am I beyond that point now?
Help!
R5
(make sure you turn the sound on, i think it defaults to off)
I have a 96 with about 220k miles, it's supercharged, but I take good care of it, regular synthetic oil changes, etc. I live in SOCAL and recently had to take a road trip to Denver where I am currently working temporarily until the end of the year. Prior to leaving I wanted to make sure the truck would be up to the trip, so I had a shop fix a persistent slow leak coming from the front main seal. I drove from CA to CO, no issues at all. It still runs strong and is a reliable truck.
It's been very cold here in Denver since I arrived and the power steering pump whines the first couple of minutes before it warms up. I've been trying to let it warm up before I take it anywhere. Once it's warm, it's no problem.
Yesterday I had a day off and got on the interstate to visit a friend in western Kansas about three hours away. Truck was running fine. I was halfway there on cruise control doing about 75 and went up a small hill. The cruise control down-shifted to compensate for the hill and a moment or two later I noticed something was wrong. Something didn't sound right. The engine was dead. The RPMs were still high since I was doing 75, but it wasn't running voluntarily. At least I think that's what I remember seeing. It all happened very quickly.
I pulled over and popped the hood and saw nothing out of the ordinary except a small amount of discharge from the radiator and a boiling noise. The engine was not overheating, I chalked this up to driving at 75mph and suddenly turning off the engine without adequate cool-down (correct me if I'm wrong here).
I let it sit for several minutes and tried to start it. At first it didn't want to start. It turned over, but that was about it. I gave it some more time and tried it again. It turned over and ran, but it ran terribly! It sounded rough and noisy. I noticed there was no oil pressure. Previously my oil pressure gauge has been working fine. I turned it off. I started it once more about 20-30 minutes later with the same result. I've attached a video of trying to start it at the end of the post.
I had a good five hour sit waiting for the tow truck (apparently the tow truck overheated...), freezing my ass off on the side of the highway, and during that period I had a lot of time to search the forums and read about what could have happened.
No oil pressure leads me to think the oil pump died.
But it could also be that the shop who fixed the front main seal leak did not torque the flywheel pulley to 304 ft-lb.
Or it could be the Wix oil filter I have on there (I had no idea they were a potential source of concern!).
Or it could be something else I'm not thinking of?
I had it towed to Ken's Auto Service in Aurora. They stopped short of laughing at me when I mentioned the oil filter. They called back a couple hours later and said it was too complicated for them and recommended Toy Doctor on South Parker. I currently have a flatbed coming to move it to the new shop.
Is my truck totally screwed? Should I ask them to change the filter, torque the flywheel pulley, and try starting it? Am I beyond that point now?
Help!
R5
(make sure you turn the sound on, i think it defaults to off)
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