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Oil problem, please help!!!

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67stang390

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I was driving on the freeway this evening and all of a sudden my stock oil gauge dropped to the L (which is basically ZERO). I drove the car for probably another 10 miles because I was picking up my mom from the airport and a few other things. The car ran fine during this period. A few hours later, I started it up to drive maybe a quarter of a mile. The stock gauge was still at zero, my engine temperature was rising, and I could hear a distinct clacking sound from the roller rockers which I had never heard before. Obviously, something at this point is seriously wrong with my oiling system. I'm not even sure what questions to ask, but PLEASE help me. If my car isn't running well for the next week at least I'm basically FU-CKed. Any ideas you have about what's wrong or what can be done to fix it is most appreciated.
 

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Check the ground wires (batt to engine, firewall to head, instrument panel). These can make the guages read funny. I've got a loose guage ground right now and all at once the oil pegs the volts drop, and the temp comes up (way up!). This may not be as bad as you think, I hope.
 
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Dear god I hope you're right. I hope sooooo much that my engine is fine and I've just got a bad ground or something. Thank you for your quick response.
 
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By the way, I spent about $5,000 on my Mustang with 112k miles on it, and about $10k on the engine since then. Please help me, I seriously feel like driving the focker off a cliff right now.
 

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I'm thinking worst case scenario right now. Your oil pump stopped working and you kept driving with no oil pressure.

You really should have stopped driving as soon as you saw the gauge drop off. I'll pray for the best bud.
 
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mto502 said:
I'm thinking worst case scenario right now. Your oil pump stopped working and you kept driving with no oil pressure.

You really should have stopped driving as soon as you saw the gauge drop off. I'll pray for the best bud.
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what he said.
 

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mto502 said:
I'm thinking worst case scenario right now. Your oil pump stopped working and you kept driving with no oil pressure.

You really should have stopped driving as soon as you saw the gauge drop off. I'll pray for the best bud.
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mto502 said:
I'm thinking worst case scenario right now. Your oil pump stopped working and you kept driving with no oil pressure.

You really should have stopped driving as soon as you saw the gauge drop off. I'll pray for the best bud.
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No pressure, high temps and engine noise equals, pull the car over and turn the car off NOW!
 
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If I had noticed the drop in oil pressure I would've pulled over immediately. I didn't notice it until I was actually in a line at the airport. When I first saw the gauge reading in the nothing range, it would still bounce up to a normal reading at certain times.
 
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