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I paid 1000 for it, so it's not a huge hit if I can;t get it fixed. doing the work isn't a problem, but seeing as I don't own a hoist or an engine stand, and my house doesn't have a garage it would be a huge pain to do it myself. I guess I'll dig a bit deeper and see if it's just the front of...

well.... I pulled the bottom pan.... found a bunch of plastic shrapnel and 2 flat springs in there with the usual sludge... anyone recognize this mess? On the plus side, after I cleaned the oil pick up, it started and ran and had oil pressure again. There was some clacking noise that quieted...

I'll pull the lower pan in a bit and see how it looks. hopefully it's just the screen on the pick up, I really don't want to have to tear into it to get to the pump

The oil was pretty black, it was in need of a change anyway...and there were some chunky bits in it, but I didn't see any metal in it. The screen is just under the bottom part of the pan and will be a whole lot easier to get to than the pump, so I'll look at it next. From what I've read, the...

I recently bought an 01 Explorer that had "been sitting a while". I drove it for around a month and a half to and from work (around 5 miles there and back) with no problems at all. About a week or so ago as I was going home the engine (4.0) started running rough, overheated, and shut down right...