2000XLT4X4
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- May 22, 2006
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- City, State
- Chicago, IL
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2000 XLT
Driving back home today with the Explorer loaded with the college daughter's belongings, going about 70 MPH and passing someone on I-55, when I hear my engine tapping badly. Look to see my oil pressure is gone, needle is all the way below L. Next exit is coming right up, so ending up driving maybe a mile and pulled into a Lincoln-Mercury/Dodge dealer in a small town just before they close for the day. Service department is closed already but the sales staff are very nice and help find me a tow truck to get my wife, myself, and the Explorer home. Tow was about 90 miles.
So now that I'm home, I'm looking for advice where to start. Would seem I must have lost the oil pump. I will drain the oil tomorrow and check it for debri. The truck has 95,000 miles on it and I'd like to keep it for a few more years but don't want to sink 5 grand into a vehicle that's only worth about that, if that. Any chance that if it was the oil pump, and I replaced it, that I'd be good for awhile?
And I do want to add that the people at Heller Lincoln-Mercury/Dodge in Pontiac, Illinois are great. Thank you.
So now that I'm home, I'm looking for advice where to start. Would seem I must have lost the oil pump. I will drain the oil tomorrow and check it for debri. The truck has 95,000 miles on it and I'd like to keep it for a few more years but don't want to sink 5 grand into a vehicle that's only worth about that, if that. Any chance that if it was the oil pump, and I replaced it, that I'd be good for awhile?
And I do want to add that the people at Heller Lincoln-Mercury/Dodge in Pontiac, Illinois are great. Thank you.