my engine went kaboom! no more car

[ed armstrong]

--- ScottyCBoy at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 5/1/03 8:51:58 PM Central
> Daylight Time,
> maytagasm at sympatico.ca writes:
>
>
> > havent checked compression yet... the oil line
> went about 2 minutes after
> > the problem started... i tracked the oil spill
> back on the highway and the
> > leak
> > was way after the problem started...
> > i think it was really really pissed off lifters...
> > not sure yet though... when i bring it home
> tonight im going to start
> > tearing apart to see.
> >
> > luke
> >
>
> I've seen this before.. you oil pressure relief
> valve stuck shut, oil
> pressure spiked to a few hundred psi, causing the
> lifters to pop out of their
> case, blowing the oil line, and possibly mushrooming
> the filter.
>

Is this why we all should be running only MANN filters
on our turbos ??!


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-ed

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