Lost all my oil on 2 seconds - like an oil bomb went off

arineod · Sep 23, 2009

I was driving down the road and noticed some smoke, engine started sound like crap, shut her down and towed back tot he house. No oil in the engine. Added oil, started it up and it looked like an oil bomb went off under the hood and all the oil was on the ground. I had previously ran the truck, no changes made to it. It just exploded!

I can't tell where the heck it is coming from because it is everywhere and came out so fast. What problem would force oil out that fast? Could it be a freeze plug or something on the block? But no coolant leaking...

fordtrucknut77 · Sep 23, 2009

my bet goes for a large hole in the oil pan or a large hole in the side of the block! i have seen motors sling rods before at low rpms that would still run

I know a guy that had a heep cherokee that blew a hole in the top of the vavle cover and through the hood and he drove it another couple years, as far as i know he never did figure out what caused the hole

arineod · Sep 23, 2009

I'm guessing maybe in the side of the block, will have to look hard. oil pan looks good. Almost appears that most of the oild is coming from the passenger side of the engine.

fordtrucknut77 · Sep 23, 2009

either way i wouldnt look to hard until i pulled the motor to install the new one!

arineod · Sep 23, 2009

Yeah, I guess either way I will have to pull the motor because I'm guessing it will have to be replaced. can't even turn it on without it shooting out all the oil in 3 seconds. crazy

86oilburner · Sep 23, 2009

did you have the oil changed recently because if they left the old o ring on the filter it will blow out and you will loose all the oil pretty fast

kunar · Sep 23, 2009

86oilburner said:
did you have the oil changed recently because if they left the old o ring on the filter it will blow out and you will loose all the oil pretty fast

yeah i would check the oil filter and o-ring.

86oilburner · Sep 23, 2009

is the oil filter on the pass side on that tho?

kunar · Sep 23, 2009

86oilburner said:
is the oil filter on the pass side on that tho?

on a 2.9 it is...

arineod · Sep 23, 2009

Good idea, I will do that tomorrow. Old o-ring? You talking about the rubber ring that comes on the oil filter, right? I replaced the oild filter a few days back, it looked pretty damn new but I didn't stop to look if the o-ring maybe was missing. Drove it around the neighborhood and did some errands for a few days and not a drop came out. Who knows though. Can't hurt to check it.

Explosive · Sep 23, 2009

As said, check to see if the filter got double gasketed. Seen that one before, makes a big mess quick.

arineod · Sep 24, 2009

Explosive said:
As said, check to see if the filter got double gasketed. Seen that one before, makes a big mess quick.

Was a hole in my new oil filter, what the hell? crazy. Thanks guys

Downey · Sep 24, 2009

holy hell

Hahnsb2 · Sep 25, 2009

What kind of filter?

arineod · Sep 25, 2009

I believe it was a Fram filter

Lost all my oil on 2 seconds - like an oil bomb went off

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