[Roadsters] Motor Blew with 19 miles on it.

[Fred Katz]

Do you have a 2000 engine? At first I was thinking maybe the rear  
jackshaft bearing was installed wrong - but that would impede flow of  
oil to the cylinder head but wouldn't necessarily make the oil  
pressure low.

It could be the oil pump is bad. If the rotating impeller (don't know  
what it's called but it rotates and moves the oil in the pump) has too  
much clearance it won't move much oil and your engine won't be happy.

Please let us know what the cause is.

Fred - So.SF

On Apr 24, 2009, at 7:20 PM, Eddie wrote:

> So you'll all love this:
>
> I take my car to the mechanic who rebuilt it today to get him to  
> adjust the carbs and check why my oil pressure seemed low.
>
> (The dual carb thing is new to me, and he gladly showed me how to do  
> it.)
>
> He couldn't figure out why the oil pressure was low, and assumed it  
> must be because the car is supposed to be that way.  I told him it  
> wasn't.  He said that he thought perhaps the sending unit wasn't  
> properly matched to the gauge.   I told him I didn't think that was  
> the case either, and I suspected something internally was amiss.  He  
> insisted that was not the case, and he said he stands by his work if  
> there is a problem.
> He said it would be fine, and if it was going to be a problem, it  
> would have done it on the trip over to his shop.  I leave, having a  
> funny feeling about all of it.
> Long story short, I got about 3 miles from his shop, and with 19  
> miles total on the new motor, it seized.  Yup.  Seized up on the  
> freeway.
> Got towed home, and Monday it's going in his shop and he gets to  
> rebuild it for free.  Not my problem, and I'm not going to worry  
> about it or get upset about it.
> Turns out, the exact same thing happened to my friend's Porsche  
> roadster he rebuilt the motor on, and the guy did honor his work and  
> fix it for no charge.  I'm sure he's not going to be happy he  
> screwed this up!  Oh well...
>
> So, back to driving my truck...
>
> Eddie