Hello all,
Had a wee problem with the 3500s on Sunday! Cruising at 50mph on the way to my daughter's swimming lesson then oil pressure light came on. Not being in a safe place to stop at the side of the road with my kids I had no choice but to swing around and head home - a distance of about 1.5 miles.
I kept revs and load as low as I could, but as expected the top end was rattling as I got home (we live in the edge of the village). I switched it off, jumped into my wife's modern and we made it to the swimming lesson on-time.
Investigating last night found this to be the cause:
Which when removed looked like this:
This had obviously jammed and the end of the dizzy drive was the weak link:
Car continued to run as it uses wasted spark ignition controlled by megasquirt...
Next step is to get the sump off and see how bad it is down there, but I'm not holding my breath! fully expecting bearings and crank to be toast, although having said that the oil didn't show any lumps of metal or glitter when it was drained...If the crank looks ok I'll try new bearings and see what happens.
I'd happily go for another 3.5 if I need to, but there don't seem to be many about on eBay at the mo. Has anyone fitted a later serpentine engine into a P6?
Had a wee problem with the 3500s on Sunday! Cruising at 50mph on the way to my daughter's swimming lesson then oil pressure light came on. Not being in a safe place to stop at the side of the road with my kids I had no choice but to swing around and head home - a distance of about 1.5 miles.
I kept revs and load as low as I could, but as expected the top end was rattling as I got home (we live in the edge of the village). I switched it off, jumped into my wife's modern and we made it to the swimming lesson on-time.
Investigating last night found this to be the cause:
Which when removed looked like this:
This had obviously jammed and the end of the dizzy drive was the weak link:
Car continued to run as it uses wasted spark ignition controlled by megasquirt...
Next step is to get the sump off and see how bad it is down there, but I'm not holding my breath! fully expecting bearings and crank to be toast, although having said that the oil didn't show any lumps of metal or glitter when it was drained...If the crank looks ok I'll try new bearings and see what happens.
I'd happily go for another 3.5 if I need to, but there don't seem to be many about on eBay at the mo. Has anyone fitted a later serpentine engine into a P6?