Chrischeezer
10-25-2005, 01:31 AM
this is what happen
about 2 weeks ago i did an oil change on my sr, it was a pannic change becuase i was planning on racing later that night and i had dirty/dark/black oil (about 1500 miles oil)
i only had the car running for 3 months (redtop s13 w/almost all the bolt-ons) and always used mobil 1 15w 50
but i herd everyone with an SR was using 2050, so i got some... and a bottle of lucas. i never used lucas before but i was told by a few people that it was great. so i did the change and.. and started it up... oil light stayed on... let it run for about 2 min... then i herd the head starting to make a little tick.. ??TOO THICK???.. i turned the car off and drained the oil.and changed filter (lucas all in the filter (changed the filter). I tryed to flush all the lucas out, but that stuff was stuck on the bottem of the pan and comming out Super slow. I flushed 4 quarts of oil through the motor still the same. i let it drain for about 30 min. then filled up with 4 quarts of 20w50 and a half a cup of ATF. Started it up, the oil light stayed on, the sound was there too. At this point im thinking about how much a new block will be. Then after a min of running the sound stoped.. but the light stayed on... so i let it warm... the light started flashing, as it got warmer the light stayed off for longer periods till compleatly off (5 or 6 min.) So i drove around for the rest of the night with no problems, The engine acctually sounded great and was boosting perfect. oil was slowly *spitting* out the oil filer hole. good sign.
The Next morrning:
I start it up, !!!oil light!!! FUUUUDGE so i let it fully warm again and drove around the entire day with no problems.. did another oil change later that night and flushed a few quarts through. it was still comming out really slow..I got 15w 40 this time. put it in. and no sound but the light still stayed on..so i put some 5w 20 in to thin it out (1/3 of a quart). the past 2 days it seems good. the oil light comes on and flickers for about 1 min. after a *cold* start up though.
I cant belive i messed my motor up doing a fuking oil change... :bash: i still can't belive it.
what do u guys think? can the oil pressure switch be going bad? whats the chance of that happening, Im under the impression that its a simple on/off type of sensor. what type of oil should i run, i apparently can't run 20w50. and its getting cold out so im thinking about sticking with the stuff im using now.. the 15w 40. i greatly appreciate your input and relize how careless i was with a simple oil change.
about 2 weeks ago i did an oil change on my sr, it was a pannic change becuase i was planning on racing later that night and i had dirty/dark/black oil (about 1500 miles oil)
i only had the car running for 3 months (redtop s13 w/almost all the bolt-ons) and always used mobil 1 15w 50
but i herd everyone with an SR was using 2050, so i got some... and a bottle of lucas. i never used lucas before but i was told by a few people that it was great. so i did the change and.. and started it up... oil light stayed on... let it run for about 2 min... then i herd the head starting to make a little tick.. ??TOO THICK???.. i turned the car off and drained the oil.and changed filter (lucas all in the filter (changed the filter). I tryed to flush all the lucas out, but that stuff was stuck on the bottem of the pan and comming out Super slow. I flushed 4 quarts of oil through the motor still the same. i let it drain for about 30 min. then filled up with 4 quarts of 20w50 and a half a cup of ATF. Started it up, the oil light stayed on, the sound was there too. At this point im thinking about how much a new block will be. Then after a min of running the sound stoped.. but the light stayed on... so i let it warm... the light started flashing, as it got warmer the light stayed off for longer periods till compleatly off (5 or 6 min.) So i drove around for the rest of the night with no problems, The engine acctually sounded great and was boosting perfect. oil was slowly *spitting* out the oil filer hole. good sign.
The Next morrning:
I start it up, !!!oil light!!! FUUUUDGE so i let it fully warm again and drove around the entire day with no problems.. did another oil change later that night and flushed a few quarts through. it was still comming out really slow..I got 15w 40 this time. put it in. and no sound but the light still stayed on..so i put some 5w 20 in to thin it out (1/3 of a quart). the past 2 days it seems good. the oil light comes on and flickers for about 1 min. after a *cold* start up though.
I cant belive i messed my motor up doing a fuking oil change... :bash: i still can't belive it.
what do u guys think? can the oil pressure switch be going bad? whats the chance of that happening, Im under the impression that its a simple on/off type of sensor. what type of oil should i run, i apparently can't run 20w50. and its getting cold out so im thinking about sticking with the stuff im using now.. the 15w 40. i greatly appreciate your input and relize how careless i was with a simple oil change.