another cooler explosion

Originally Posted by 1slow370 i just hope my engine isn't damaged there may have been 2 minutes there when i costed into a parking lot where it was running after

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04-07-2010, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 1slow370

i just hope my engine isn't damaged there may have been 2 minutes there when i costed into a parking lot where it was running after the line blew then i shut it off as soon as i got in the lot and called the tow. there can't have been much of any pressure in the oil system, i'm hoping i was saved by my oil being cold enough that the cooler was in bypass so there is a chance some oil was still going to the bearings.

you said you still had two quarts left in the pan, right? If so, your engine should be fine. Oil should be flowing from the pickup tube, through the engine then out to the filter, right?

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