Last night I was on my way home and my oil light came on then about a minute later my truck just died and would not turn over at all it just goes click. Well I checked my oil yesterday morning and after it happend I have plenty of oil but its really dark and I need to change it anyone have any ideas? Its not throwing any codes anything.

 

all I can say is Uh Oh. thank god there is still Oil in there but being really dark I couldn't tell you the extent of possible damage

 

Did you change your Oil lately..

 

drain all your oil and change it, its probably so old and crappy that your engine just seized on you because its so thick now...

 

first mistake... if the oil light comes on.. always shut off the engine.

it sounds like you seized ur engine

 

how long did u go without oil roach? Don't you deliver so high miles?

Aaron

 

its seized..lol just happened to us a month ago on the 05 5.4L

 

damn dude.. sorry to hear that it might be seized, i guess thats a reminder to us all to keep up on the oil changes and such..

 

Time for a 5.0 Liter !

 

Have you tried turning it over manually?
Can you give us the time frame on the oil since last change?

Don't you still have warranty?

 

5.0 won't happen he drives a 04 and lives in TX.

I think he passed the warranty a long time ago.

Change the oil and make sure there isn't anything in it.

 

Before we just assume his engine is toast, have you tried jump starting it yet?

 

A while ago when I was towing my RX7 I stalled my truck and it wouldn't start and it seemed like it was sized but it turned out that I fried the ignition wire that goes to the starter, you might want to check that, it was a $20.00 fix at Autozone.

 

speakin of that i gotta change mine BAD...

 

Its only been about 4,000 miles since my last change. I am going to try and jump start it tommorow after I change the oil. I heard somewhere that on newer model vehicles it will shut off before somthing really messes up. I would have stopped right when it came on but I was on a long 2 lane road with no where to stop. If it is seized I am getting a 4.0!

 

You Bet.

I hope it did.

 

he meant that since his is an '04 and the last year of the explorer 302 was in '01 that it might be tough to pass emissions..

 

$hit, hook me up! haha.. hell actually you know, my friends GT (the one that the a$$hole on 51st screwed over) needs an inspection but the CEL is on and it doesnt have cats..

 

My truck did the same thing. Ended up being a vacum hose fell off. Check ALL your hoses.

 

he already made a new thred.. the oil pump failed