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ParkerB (01-06-19)
01-07-19, 06:33 AM
#5
Now to state the obvious, if that sensor was mechanically removed from your engine, and you try to start & run the engine, you'll have a mess of about 5 quarts of oil spewing out of it from where the sensor is supposed to screw into the rear plate within a minute or so. Trashed engine follows if you don't shut it down immediately.
01-07-19, 07:42 AM
#6
Disconnected from its electrical plug only? -> Car will start & run fine, but the oil pressure gauge on the dash won't work; it will either read 0 or full scale, don't recall which.
Now to state the obvious, if that sensor was mechanically removed from your engine, and you try to start & run the engine, you'll have a mess of about 5 quarts of oil spewing out of it from where the sensor is supposed to screw into the rear plate within a minute or so. Trashed engine follows if you don't shut it down immediately.
Now to state the obvious, if that sensor was mechanically removed from your engine, and you try to start & run the engine, you'll have a mess of about 5 quarts of oil spewing out of it from where the sensor is supposed to screw into the rear plate within a minute or so. Trashed engine follows if you don't shut it down immediately.
01-07-19, 08:28 AM
#7
While that's true, the OP has a post count of 3, which implies a lack of experience. Couple that with his picture of an obviously uninstalled oil pressure sensor, and as far as we know that part could be a spare part that came with his project car, or it was removed from the engine - the OP didn't say. So I erred on the side of caution as I didn't want the OP to misinterpret your "nope" answer to mean "Yahoo, I can fire her up right now and not worry about putting that thingumajiggy back in". I may have just saved another FC from the scrap yard 
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01-07-19, 04:24 PM
#9
Smells like 2 stroke.
01-07-19, 11:27 PM
#10
T'wasn't meant to be depressing or happy at all, just realistic.
Not saying anything about this particular car but having spent a lot of time in the yards, there are in fact, cars that simply belong there, not on the street.
Two observations...
- Since the end of Cash for Clunkers- which saw some really nice cars get destroyed, most of the FCs I ve seen are pretty crap and hardly worth the effort.
-Inherent in the creation of a consumer good (which a car most certainly is) would be the ultimate demise of the product. Some things last longer than others but nothing is immortal.
Just like putting down a beloved pet, at some point your car has to go.
(If it seems like I anthropomorphize my hardware....well, yes, I do.)
Not saying anything about this particular car but having spent a lot of time in the yards, there are in fact, cars that simply belong there, not on the street.
Two observations...
- Since the end of Cash for Clunkers- which saw some really nice cars get destroyed, most of the FCs I ve seen are pretty crap and hardly worth the effort.
-Inherent in the creation of a consumer good (which a car most certainly is) would be the ultimate demise of the product. Some things last longer than others but nothing is immortal.
Just like putting down a beloved pet, at some point your car has to go.
(If it seems like I anthropomorphize my hardware....well, yes, I do.)
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