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Oil pump exploded??

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fastezz

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Oct 11, 2002
5oneHO Oakland, The BAY, California
OK I dont know what happend, maybe I had to much crank case pressure, maybe to much oil, but I was driving along and then at like 3k rpm`s my car starts shaking liek the engine is vibtrating alot and all the oil comes out, it looks like it came out of the timing belt area so I am guessing the oil pump exploded. What do you guys think, I need feedback. O yea mu dip stick also popped out so im willing to guess this has something to do with to much pressure in the crankcase.

Ryan
 
Likely the oil pump failed/siezed and the rear BS which drives it kept trying to drive it causing the front case to crack :cry:

Hopefully you noticed this right away and stopped so the loss of oil pressure didn't cause other problems.

Definitely drop the oil pan and fish out all debris, and do the BS removal while your at it :thumb:
 
I onyl drove it for liek 20-30 seconds at the most after so i could get to the side of the road, I thought u had to take out the engine out do BS removal?
 
fastezz said:
I thought u had to take out the engine out do BS removal?

With the engine out it's definitely easier, but no you can do it with the engine in the car

http://www.vfaq.com/mods/balance-shafts.html

BTW.. the front BS (which is difficult to remove while in the car) doesn't necessarily have to be removed. Can just remove the belt (what I did) and save yourself a few hours of labor.
 
you could have blew out your rings or a chunk of the piston and the dip stick could have popped out because of compression leaking. Since your car isnt running get a sample of your oil and take it to a oil testing station and get your oil analyzed. That will tell all!
 
damn dude I was at like 3k rpms when it happend. What I am thinking is that I had a little to much oil in there because I remember topping it off when the jack was jacked up for in front.
Ryan
 
91orangeGST said:
you could have blew out your rings or a chunk of the piston and the dip stick could have popped out because of compression leaking. Since your car isnt running get a sample of your oil and take it to a oil testing station and get your oil analyzed. That will tell all!

I cant find anyoil test stations around my area, I live in the second biggest city in Oregon so you would think there would be one, I am dropping my oil pan tommorow though.
Ryan
 
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