[DeTomaso] 10 qt oil pan capacity
MikeLDrew at aol.com
MikeLDrew at aol.com
Thu Mar 8 13:22:02 EST 2012
In a message dated 3/8/12 5 52 6, kirby.schrader at gmail.com writes:
> I hate to ask the obvious here.... but was your oil pressure gauge not
> working?
>
It worked fine. I had perfectly good oil pressure and temperature
indications for the first hour or so of the drive. I never got above 2500 rpm, as
we were just plonking along a twisty road and looking at the stars. At
2000-2500 rpm, the oil pump was turning slowly enough that the low amount of
oil would continue to feed it. But when I romped on it for the first time
that night, the engine (and the pump) sped up, and sucked the pan dry,
starving the bearings (I'm guessing).
The total time from flooring the pedal to bangbangbangBANGBANGBANG was
about three or four seconds, and I was passing another car at the time, so
paying attention to what was happening outside the windshield, not the oil
pressure gauge.
Mike (still bummed...)
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