Engine failure

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Member since May 2011
5 posts
Saucier, MS, USA

Sep 15, 2011 at 7:57 PM

Has anyone ever had a fram oil filter fail on them? Sun. I had an engine lock up only 140 miles after an oil change using a fram oil filter. Don't know yet if it was the oil filter failed or the pump. It went from 54psi oil pressure to zero at highway speed. I put the engine in neutral, reved it up and the pressure returned to 54psi. As soon as the rpm's dropped it went back to zero and as I was going down the ramp to get off the highway it of course went to knocking and locked up.
Any Ideas other than I got to replace the engine.

jdmeaux

Member since Jan 2009
525 posts
Lafayette, LA, USA
1 vehicle in the registry

Sep 16, 2011 at 8:59 AM

Was the filter that was leaking oil? If not, it was the pump, which will need to be replaced. And if the engine won't turn over, ITS REBUILD TIME

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