Bought a 2002 Exploder 4.6l for a 4 x4 go to work car as my place of employment doesn't recognize level 3 snow emergencies. We have had a couple in the past and she currently has an 03 and they are nice driving trucks.
Anyways, I was randomly getting the oil press light at warm idle. Checked with a real gauge and starts out at 60 cold. Within a couple minutes down to 40 and after a run around the block about 7ish at idle. 140k on engine.
I pulled the pan thinking the oil pickup might be plugged or maybe the pressure relief on the oil pump stuck open, but struck out on both counts.
I did find some metal in the bottom of the pan. It sticks to a magnet so its not bearing material. I believe it has had some timing chain work in the past so possibly remnants from that?
Engine sounds good and the one time I changed the oil it didn't rattle any worse or sound any different on the dry start than the other one we have. I find it hard to believe main and/or rod bearing could be that bad.
I guess my question is....Is there anyplace else this thing can be dumping oil?
Oil pump would require pulling front of engine and all the timing chains. Main bearings look doable from below but a real nightmare. Rod bearing wouldn't be too bad. I haven't pulled any caps yet as they appear to all be torque to yield bolts and was hoping there might be a simple fix.
Most of what I've read on line says these don't really have issues like this...
Thanks for any help you might have, Jeff
Anyways, I was randomly getting the oil press light at warm idle. Checked with a real gauge and starts out at 60 cold. Within a couple minutes down to 40 and after a run around the block about 7ish at idle. 140k on engine.
I pulled the pan thinking the oil pickup might be plugged or maybe the pressure relief on the oil pump stuck open, but struck out on both counts.
I did find some metal in the bottom of the pan. It sticks to a magnet so its not bearing material. I believe it has had some timing chain work in the past so possibly remnants from that?
Engine sounds good and the one time I changed the oil it didn't rattle any worse or sound any different on the dry start than the other one we have. I find it hard to believe main and/or rod bearing could be that bad.
I guess my question is....Is there anyplace else this thing can be dumping oil?
Oil pump would require pulling front of engine and all the timing chains. Main bearings look doable from below but a real nightmare. Rod bearing wouldn't be too bad. I haven't pulled any caps yet as they appear to all be torque to yield bolts and was hoping there might be a simple fix.
Most of what I've read on line says these don't really have issues like this...
Thanks for any help you might have, Jeff