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Old Mar 14, 2020 | 06:14 PM
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Driving down the highway and noticed a rattling noise once I stopped to pay the toll booth. Pulled over and noticed that I had no oil pressure. I wasn’t over heating so I tried to make it carefully to my destination but after a couple of miles later I began hearing a screaming noise. As I proceeded to the shoulder, l shut off the engine and coasted to a stop. I tried to again start the engine. I got nothing but a click. I m sure that the engine is locked but from one’s experience is the engine save able???
Old Mar 15, 2020 | 10:54 PM
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Driving down the highway and noticed a rattling noise once I stopped to pay the toll booth. Pulled over and noticed that I had no oil pressure. I wasn’t over heating so I tried to make it carefully to my destination but after a couple of miles later I began hearing a screaming noise. As I proceeded to the shoulder, l shut off the engine and coasted to a stop. I tried to again start the engine. I got nothing but a click. I m sure that the engine is locked but from one’s experience is the engine save able???
If one piston is seized, eng may be savable. If a bunch, not likely. The seized piston may be driven out, possibly by breaking it. Cylinder condition then determining factor; if savable, it will need to be bored larger. Boring is limited.
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