mikeh
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- August 2, 2001
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- City, State
- St. Louis, MO
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 XLT SOHC V6
I just drove my Explorer 2 miles with no oil in it and I toasted the engine I think. I changed the oil and the filter ended up threaded wrong. I dumped 5 quarts in and I never noticed it all drained onto my driveway!!! My wife drove off in my Explorer this morning and got two miles before she noticed that something was wrong. It didn't have a drop in it. She called me and I went and found the problem and fixed it and drove it back but the damage is done.
The engine now makes a loud clicking sound. And the oil pressure guage jumps from 0 to normal when I'm idling.
I parked now until I find out more or drive it to the junk yard.
Any idea if it might be fixable? It's a 98 Explorer with 135K miles on it.
I'm starting now to look for a new vehicle. Don't know what I want yet.
Ug I'm mad! I've babied the hell out of this car hoping to get a lot more miles out of it.
mikeh
The engine now makes a loud clicking sound. And the oil pressure guage jumps from 0 to normal when I'm idling.
I parked now until I find out more or drive it to the junk yard.
Any idea if it might be fixable? It's a 98 Explorer with 135K miles on it.
I'm starting now to look for a new vehicle. Don't know what I want yet.
Ug I'm mad! I've babied the hell out of this car hoping to get a lot more miles out of it.
mikeh