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Originally Posted by funola
Sorry, missed that. It's hard to keep track of chronology of events. Do you still have the oil pan and the crushed rubber piece on the bottom? Take a closer look at those parts and see if it could have caused oil starvation.
WHunter says the car was going 70 mph for a mile before it stalled. Is that true? Wouldn't running with low or no oil pressure for that long at high rpm cause more than one "spun bearing".
I don't suppose Brad looked at the oil pressure gauge after the impact? Maybe worth asking him.
Also ask him when the engine did not re-start after it stalled, whether the engine turned laboriously or did not turn at all. This may indicate the severity of the seizure at the time.
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I am not sure exactly the speed he was driving, but it could have been as much as 70. He was traveling on a frontage road, and most cars travel around 60 when I drive on it. He thought he had a fuel filter problem, so he had a friend bring a set of filters, and he changed them on the side of the road. The primer pump was bad, so I imagine that is why they could not get it started, and towed it back home. Yes the dented oil pan crushed the rubber piece, and broke it at the seam where it attaches to the pickup. I did not bother to replace it, as it seemed to work without the piece on the bottom (I did not have a replacement anyway).