I left a vulcan taurus running until it stalled. Engine wasnt making a peep. Would not turn over after that. Wasnt hot according to the coolant gauge. Checked dipstick. NO OIL.
Filled it back up. Waited till the next day. Started right up. Sounded great. Ran smooth. Just like before.
belteshazzar wrote: I left a vulcan taurus running until it stalled. Engine wasnt making a peep. Would not turn over after that. Wasnt hot according to the coolant gauge. Checked dipstick. NO OIL. Filled it back up. Waited till the next day. Started right up. Sounded great. Ran smooth. Just like before.
I'm convinced that you can't kill a 3-liter. You can overheat them until they sieze but they usually run fine after they cool off and you put coolant back in them. Even if the head gaskets do fail, the heads are always okay.
Just checked car-part. Locally, the "egg Taurus" version of the engine is dirt cheap. $250-300 going rate, about the same for the transaxle. Perfect rallycross drivetrain: about the right power and you can't hurt it.
"egg" huh? we call em suppositaurus's.
Ran that experiment in my old beater "Georolla" went 56k before breaking the freshness seal on the hood. Got less than that out. Put a fresh filter and drove it for another year before I donated it.
Just today, 43k on an oil change on a [redacted]. The oil filter rusted through and liberally applied lubricant to the underside of the car.
According to the owner, that oil change interval is acceptable because he uses "high mileage oil".
I had a guy in class explain to everyone how you don't need to change the oil in your car because the heat keeps it clean.
My buddies step Dad was one of those guys that thought you don't have to change oil anymore. Although I think he was just lazy....
He had a Toyota Paseo at one point that he bought and then just topped off here and there. Went 80k before he sold the thing without ever removing drain plug...
That's about a full quart more than my sisters Saturn SL2 contained for about 2 months while she was in high school.
' Well, the oil light would come on when I turned, stopped, or accelerated, but it went off at normal cruising so I didn't think it was a big deal.'
She put 60k on that berking thing after that too, lucky B&*.
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