Hey guys haven't spent the most time on here recently with work and tidying up the truck my days are shot.. Anywho I was driving into town today as any other day, listening to the sweet sound of turbo whistle and the engine purring like a kitten. Pulled into my buddies shop, back up into a parking spot to leave it running while I run inside, looked at my oil gauges both factory and mech. They were sitting on the big fat 0 mark shut it down. my gut fell, dizzy and wanted to through up... Got out of the truck looked around no oil anywhere on the ground or in the area for that matter... Have 1500 miles on the oil change motor now has 3254 miles on it. Went inside and took a breather. After about an hour I pull and replace the oil filters. Started it up got 25psi on start then dropps bout 2lbs per 30 sec. I let the truck sit some more then back out there and fired right up 35 psi. Told my buddy I'm gonna limp home driving down the street 25psi stopped at a light 10 psi go again 25 psi at 1500 rpms chugged all the way home and parked the truck.. Now it's more like at 5 psi shutherdown. 24 hour sit come back out cold start 44 psi right off top but within a minute it's down into the low 30 range..Frick have to pull the oil cooler and fix that regulator here's where I'm at now. If I put another head on its a crap shot on how longs it gonna last does anyone else have better ways to remedy these obsolete parts...
So if it needs opening and cleaning anyways (assuming cleaning it is still possible), and there are gains to be had by going stand-alone, then it may be worth the time to mess with it...
