HI, I HAVE A 1995 CAMARO. DURING A RECENT SNOW STORM I LOST MY OIL PRESSURE. WHEN THE MECHANIC DROPPED THE OIL PAN IT WAS LOADED WITH ICE BLOCKS THAT RUINED THE OIL PUMP.HE SAID THE OIL WAS LOADED WITH WATER THAT FROZE.NO ONE CAN GIVE ME A REASON HOW THIS HAPPENED OR HOW THW WATER GOT IN THE OIL.AFTER REPLACING THE OIL PUMP THE AUTO IS FINE.CAN YOU HELP ME WITH AN ANSWER.
THANK
2007-03-10 07:07:12 · 5 answers · asked by STANLEY G 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
If you just drove the car on short trips then the engine might never heat up enough to burn off water that condensed inside the cold engine. Enough water to create ice chunks does seem pretty remarkable though.
Change the engine oil more frequently and drive the long way to let the engine warm up are my only suggestions.
A bad head gasket, cracked block, etc. could let engine coolant into the oil, but it would have anti-freeze in it so it would form white foamy slime rather than ice.
2007-03-10 07:15:20 · answer #1 · answered by idaho98076 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water had to get in the oil somehow. A blown head gasket (which don't always cause a miss) or cracked head or block is the usual cause. If it was ever overheated, it probably is the head gasket but could be a crack. Have it checked out. It can ruin an engine in no time.
2007-03-10 07:17:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I have been wrenching 35 years and I never heard of this crap.
Unless you punched a hole in the oil pan and the snow got in that way, there is only 1 way I can think of so called snow in the oil. Water yes, if you had a blown headgasket and the water got in there that way. But snow no way.
2007-03-10 07:15:27 · answer #3 · answered by goldwing127959 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
was you running water,instead of anti-freeze?if so then it probably busted the head and when it thawed out it ran into the oil.
2007-03-10 11:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds bogus to me
2007-03-10 08:04:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋