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Oil psi 0 below 20 mph or at idle

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by boboclown, Jan 11, 2024.

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  1. Jan 11, 2024 #11
    boboclown

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    Gonna have to get it towed for now, will see what it is
     
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  3. Jan 11, 2024 #12
    AModelCat

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    At this point you've probably ran it long enough to damage or put some heavy wear on parts.
     
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  4. Jan 11, 2024 #13
    boboclown

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    We got the oil pan off, gear fell off the pump. Nothing else got damaged by it.
     
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  5. Jan 11, 2024 #14
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    The mechanic said this was a first for them.
     
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  7. Jan 11, 2024 #15
    AModelCat

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    Yeah but how much damage was done up top? I'm guessing you ran it for a while with very little oil pressure since you were driving it around a bit. Hopefully the little bit of pressure it was generating was enough to keep everything from running completely dry.
     
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  8. Jan 11, 2024 #16
    boboclown

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    We popped the valve cover off to check, nothing there. I would get 40 psi running and I stopped as soon as I could.

    And instead of crawling over to the customer next door I had the truck towed to the shop.
     
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  9. Jan 11, 2024 #17
    AModelCat

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    Good. It would suck if it got toasted.
     
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  10. Jan 11, 2024 #18
    boboclown

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    Especially since I'm too far from my house. Wouldn't want to be paying someone else to overhaul the engine when I just got my forklift back home working again.

    Kind of kicking myself in the head for not replacing the oil pump last time I had the oil pan dropped and oil pump off, but what can you do when everything on it looks okay at the time.
     
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