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Originally Posted by barry123400
Engine in most of an oil cooler line failng cases are finished. You might do a compression check to see what is left.
Even with fair to good compression the bearings may be damaged. There is no absolute way to guess his engine. You must assume it is toast unless you prove otherwise.
Again failure of the oil cooling lines dumps all the oil in less than a minute. I personally have never noticed anyones engine surviving this senario before.
The odds are basically against you. You may have a slight chance but percentgewise it is not too high. Just my opinions by the way and if the vendor described the full incident it might enlighten you a little.
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You personally didn't witness mine, but mine survived just fine. There was still oil pressure and oil in the engine. If the hose is completly severed then maybe a minute, but mine went a dozen or more miles before I noticed it.
Check to see how much oil is left in it if he hasn't added any. If there is atleast 4 quarts left in there I wouldn't be worried at all. Mine lost about 3 quarts I figured and oil was everywhere, I only noticed it because when I got home and walked infront of the car, oil was dripping from the front of the hood.