03 GT loss of oil pressure.

SvoBrown · 02-04-2007, 01:08 PM

Last night I finished putting 3.73 gears,new plugs, and boots in this mustang. The guy picked it up and we drove it around with no problems at all.

20 min's later he drives up in the yard sounding like a pulpwood truck. I pop the hood and most of the noise is coming from the left side head. Sounds like a pulley is squealing and bout to lock up. Bad noise. Real bad noise. Engine dies a couple of times and then he said I got no oil pressure. I open the oil cap and a thick stream of smoke comes out. Very white and smelly.

There is no smoke at all in the exhaust. It has 29K on it and he drives pretty wild most of the time.

Any ideas on what happen? I'm just glad I didn't drive it before he did!

CrimsonGT · 02-04-2007, 02:00 PM

I wonder if the powder metal oil pump gear broke
hard to say with out tearing into the motor
and would be last thing to suspect

QWKSNKE · 02-04-2007, 04:07 PM

Did you check the oil level?

I am pretty sure you can replace the oil pump without removing the motor from the car

SvoBrown · 02-04-2007, 08:54 PM

Oil level was good. Where is the sending unit for the oil pressure?

ncontt · 02-04-2007, 09:24 PM

omg, that can't be good....

rtusnake · 02-04-2007, 10:13 PM

The sending unit is right around the oil filter. You maybe able to slid the oil pump out with the pan on but i'm not sure. May have to drop the k member if its the oil pump

SvoBrown · 02-05-2007, 02:33 AM

Looks bad for it right now. I'll pull it back in the shop this week and start looking for damage.

CrimsonGT · 02-05-2007, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QWKSNKE

Did you check the oil level?

I am pretty sure you can replace the oil pump without removing the motor from the car

your right you can

02-04-2007, 01:08 PM	#1
SvoBrown Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Graham AL Posts: 1,461	03 GT loss of oil pressure. Last night I finished putting 3.73 gears,new plugs, and boots in this mustang. The guy picked it up and we drove it around with no problems at all. 20 min's later he drives up in the yard sounding like a pulpwood truck. I pop the hood and most of the noise is coming from the left side head. Sounds like a pulley is squealing and bout to lock up. Bad noise. Real bad noise. Engine dies a couple of times and then he said I got no oil pressure. I open the oil cap and a thick stream of smoke comes out. Very white and smelly. There is no smoke at all in the exhaust. It has 29K on it and he drives pretty wild most of the time. Any ideas on what happen? I'm just glad I didn't drive it before he did! __________________ ''Life's tough... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - - John Wayne

02-04-2007, 02:00 PM	#2
CrimsonGT Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: tallapoosa, Ga Posts: 137	I wonder if the powder metal oil pump gear broke hard to say with out tearing into the motor and would be last thing to suspect __________________ 2008 ford edge 1999 toyota solara v6 88 mustang lx v8 conversion (my on going project )

02-04-2007, 08:54 PM	#4
SvoBrown Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Graham AL Posts: 1,461	Oil level was good. Where is the sending unit for the oil pressure? __________________ ''Life's tough... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - - John Wayne

02-04-2007, 09:24 PM	#5
ncontt pro-jackstand racer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Milner, Ga Posts: 2,473	omg, that can't be good.... __________________ And God created Neil Peart so that lightning would make sense to the world. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

02-04-2007, 10:13 PM	#6
rtusnake Halfshaft Killer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The Kingdom Posts: 3,910	The sending unit is right around the oil filter. You maybe able to slid the oil pump out with the pan on but i'm not sure. May have to drop the k member if its the oil pump __________________ 03 Cobra 06 F250 (\__/) (='.'=) (")_(")

02-04-2007, 04:07 PM	#3
QWKSNKE 3v's are slow Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Here and There Posts: 17,152	Did you check the oil level? I am pretty sure you can replace the oil pump without removing the motor from the car

02-05-2007, 02:33 AM	#7
SvoBrown Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Graham AL Posts: 1,461	Looks bad for it right now. I'll pull it back in the shop this week and start looking for damage. __________________ ''Life's tough... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - - John Wayne