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[Grampa]

[Popeye the Sailor]

To return to the original topic, which engines do you think would survive best with such stupidity? How long would the slight film of oil protect it? We should all do some independent testing on members of our fleets and report back the results.

I'd imagine most engines made by Ford or Chevy would run the same with oil as without. 

[lethe]

I'd imagine most engines made by Ford or Chevy would run the same with oil as without. 

I might still have a mid 80's 2.5 GM four cylinder buried out in my garage somewhere. That one might be good for this test.

[NAKID]

I might still have a mid 80's 2.5 GM four cylinder buried out in my garage somewhere. That one might be good for this test.

You'd have to get it running first to see if it'll still run with no oil...

[mitt]

I worked at a Chevy dealership during high school.  One of the mechanics own cars had a cracked head or bad head gasket or something, but it wasn't going to be covered under warranty because the car still ran or something stupid like that.  So, he drained the oil, I followed him in our tow truck, and we went out on the highway.  It made it 2 or 3 miles before starting to smell like arc welding, and then it quickly seized after that.

Back to the original post - The more I think about it - the more I wish carfax was automated with the engine warning systems, so it could record "stupid" like this.


mitt

[derby]

To return to the original topic, which engines do you think would survive best with such stupidity? How long would the slight film of oil protect it? We should all do some independent testing on members of our fleets and report back the results.

anything honda. 

[lethe]

You'd have to get it running first to see if it'll still run with no oil...

So much other stuff out there much more worth putting the effort into.

Back to the original post - The more I think about it - the more I wish carfax was automated with the engine warning systems, so it could record "stupid" like this.


mitt

probably just a matter of time before stupid admissions like that automatically get tracked and come back to bite the dummy that decided to publicly post.

[zarn02]

Some years back I worked at Wal-Mart, in the TLE shop, for a summer.

Long story short, never get work done at Wal-Mart.

I remember one of the guys (the a stupid one) telling another one of them (the gullible one) to move a large, full ton pickup from one bay to the other after they'd just drained the oil. So... he does. Guess which owner wasn't told about how we just shaved 10,000 miles off their engine's life...

I was only there for a few months, and this wasn't the stupidest thing I saw done while working there.

[NorDog]

To return to the original topic, which engines do you think would survive best with such stupidity? How long would the slight film of oil protect it? We should all do some independent testing on members of our fleets and report back the results.

Electric ones.

[Scottish]

Plagerism. 

[1KDS]

To return to the original topic, which engines do you think would survive best with such stupidity? How long would the slight film of oil protect it? We should all do some independent testing on members of our fleets and report back the results.

Cash for Clunkers- 1989 Land Cruiser 77k miles

[mitt]

Cash for Clunkers- 1989 Land Cruiser 77k miles

       

mitt

[Monsterlover]

[MendoDave]

I might still have a mid 80's 2.5 GM four cylinder buried out in my garage somewhere. That one might be good for this test.

The one I had in My 91 S-10 wont send a signal to the distributor until it gets an oil pressure signal.

[Oldfisti]

Cash for Clunkers- 1989 Land Cruiser 77k miles

I'm keeping my opinion to myself about what I really think of all that.