oil leak

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Alright I know yall can't really diagnose without seeing my car, but try and help me out please. I was driving my HDJ81 around 70mph. I know they aint really built for it but speed limit was posted as 80. My gauges were all good temps and had a good oil pressure. I had about 2,000lbs of my stuff in my cabin and a trailor with a motorcyle weghing around 3,000lbs.
My cruiser was running good then suddenly without any noise or warning i see the oil pressure gauge light up. I limped it for an extra 5miles goig under 100kmh and stopped. I checked under the bottom of the car first and seen oil everywhere. All the way from the front to the back. Can't find the leak and its not really on the top of the engine block. I can't track it and I had no oil is what the dipstick read. Any suggestions or where to start?
 
The light you saw was not oil 'pressure' but the low oil warning light.

Fill crankcase with oil and try to continue to find leak. IF the oil is literally from front to back of engine then logic dictates the source is somewhere near the front of the engine.
 
Nope added dye and stil coukdnt find it. I also have blow by need to rebuild this thing. Except nobody in california wants to touch it.

Fill with oil and get the truck home. Soap and Pressure wash the entire engine as clean as you can.

Check for leaks after idling until it’s op temp. Check for the leak. You will find it for sure.

Where in CA are you? There are plenty of LC shops to choose from. Lots of them in the Bay Area..
 
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