[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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