Prep work for swapping the engine.
Won't know until the autopsy what exactly happened to the original motor but I'll be leaving the oil pressure gauge on more often especially if pushing the engine in the future!
Full throttle run up an on ramp to ≈ 85 then coast back to ≈ 75 when i get error "cruise control disabled".
Never have seen that error before so it took a few seconds to notice the tach = zero!
Started to pull over and slow down when i fortunately realized I was about a mile from the next exit and decided to see if I could coast. I made it down most of the off ramp.
Tried to start the car only got a click.
Considering options such as alt failure and no bat power put on my 5000w jump pack and try to start.
Smoke came off the wires!
Couldn't hand turn the crank with 250-300 ft·lb of torque so most likely some form of oil starvation possibly from a recent oil change that knocked free some gunk.
I will have a lot of decent parts off the old motor as spares I'm very interested in the autopsy results.
Interesting note is no copper in the oil the first thing i checked. (while waiting for the tow truck).
I have great towing coverage: 20 min. home and 40 to my mechanic. They didn't bat am eye and a couple months later i got a $50 gift card because i had to wait two hours for the initial tow.
–awr–
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