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Offline Jeffy

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Re: I cracked the oil sender housing ... what do I do now?
« Reply #15 on: October 27, 2009, 01:18:26 PM »
That's not good.  Knocking usually means big-end.  You might want to flush the system with some Sea Foam then refill with some good stuff.
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Re: I cracked the oil sender housing ... what do I do now?
« Reply #16 on: October 27, 2009, 01:54:37 PM »
Quote from: Sine Deviance on October 27, 2009, 12:36:51 PM
Okay, I got it fixed. I went to the stealership and they had the fitting for $4.95. The only problem was that they had to have it shipped from Milwaukee and it was gonna take three days to get here (Friday.) So I went back to Auto Zone and pulled the fitting. It turns out they had one that matched the threads in the block and ALMOST matched the threads on the sensor (the sensor has a tapered screw and the elbow I used was straight-bore, but the actual threads were the same.) It was serviceable enough and only cost $1.99 so I just used that. I used teflon tape on both the fitting and the sensor so I don't think they'll be able to work their way out. The most expensive part of this was paying $19.99 for a five-quart jug of oil to refill it with.

After test driving for a while she seems to be running fine. The only problem I've noticed is that now when I floor it I can hear the valves rattling. When the fitting cracked I did drive the Jeep for a few hundred feet with 0 oil pressure and I could hear the engine knocking (had to do it to get it off the street) so this worries me a little.

EDIT: BTW the fitting is 1/8" NPT.

the same thing happened to me with my Camaro and after fixing the pressure problem i could hear the lifters (and i thought i busted the engine) - it went away after about 1/2 an hour of driving, i have no clue why it took that long but now it's fine. Let's hope yours will quiet down as well.
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Re: I cracked the oil sender housing ... what do I do now?
« Reply #17 on: October 27, 2009, 02:59:13 PM »
Quote from: Jeffy on October 27, 2009, 01:18:26 PM
That's not good.  Knocking usually means big-end.  You might want to flush the system with some Sea Foam then refill with some good stuff.

Nah, it was knocking when the engine didn't have any oil in it (because it all hemorrhaged out.) Knocking is perfectly normal in that condition. After I fixed the hemorrhage and refilled it with new oil the valves just rattle a little. I only drove it a few hundred feet with no oil in it so it was only knocking for about 10 seconds. I think it's gonna be okay. It's been running great since I fixed it this morning.

Quote from: sharpxmen on October 27, 2009, 01:54:37 PM
the same thing happened to me with my Camaro and after fixing the pressure problem i could hear the lifters (and i thought i busted the engine) - it went away after about 1/2 an hour of driving, i have no clue why it took that long but now it's fine. Let's hope yours will quiet down as well.

Yeah, I'm sure it'll sort itself out after the top-end gets lubed up pretty good.
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