Engine Locked Need Help

Also, not that it matters, why were you pulling off in the first?

 

Good deal when I paid $700 for 1 miles in York Nebraska in winter to thaw a frozen engine.

 

Insurance will cover hitting a deer. You must have a lease purchase agreement with the Carrier. Explains a lot. Typically an O/O leased onto a Carrier is covered under their Public Liability and Cargo. Collision Fire Theft is optional coverage for the Vehicle itself, and usually in the Owners name. In this case, they still Own the Truck. Might consider walking away from the whole mess, instead of owing thousands of dollars just to keep operating. It’s not your Truck.

 

You are assuming he was running hard and hit the object then went on for hundreds of feet under a load.

I don't think insurance is going to cover anything, I don't think the engine is seized, it may be a case as I pointed out of other issues - electrical.

But it also isn't his truck, it is the company's truck, which means he doesn't have a lot of say in it, he isn't a legal owner of the truck, and they can just give him another truck and tell him too bad.

I don't think any of the mechanics knew a **** thing about troubleshooting the problem, I think they assumed that the driver was the one who was on top of the problem. As you mentioned they screwed the driver and this is why I am thinking that unless it is pulled apart to see exactly what happened after the look at the starter and electrical system (still thinking it is a starter issue, not a bearing issue), then we would know. But again it is all up to the company, they most likely will write it off as a loss when they toss an engine (or starter) into it and go from there.

 

I had never given the slow speed any thought. You make a good point

 

I think this is a modern day mechanic issue. Any old farm kid would be able to bar over an engine then jump a starter if needed. Some guys think plugging a cable and laptop into a truck is the only way to find the problem, it sure can help, but it's certainly not the only way to diagnose a problem.
That engine may have turned over easily with a breaker bar, may have turned over fine by jumping the starter solenoid and even shown normal oil pressure while doing so.
Basic hand tools and a volt meter can save a guy a fortune.

 

Why isn't the oil pan off already? It has a hole in it. It's been a week.