sometimes I speak before thinking. I then go to the edit part and delete my stupidity.
Brandon

 

I had one of the oil cooler lines get plugged up somehow, and mine did the same thing, but right now im putting a new crank in mine.Hope this isnt the case , but be sure to check the lines to make sure they are open.
new crank from cadillac $1395.00
20 Hrs. install free (did it myself)
10 mins.chekin stuff out PRICELESS

 

Just wanted to give an update. My mechanic found out that my oil pump had seized up,causing pressure to build which in turn caused my oil filter to rupture.That's what caused all the oil to spill out.He's checking out everything else to make sure everything is ok.Adjusting valves,etc.Looks like I'll get out of all of this for around $100.00

 

Its probably gonna be more then 100.00. I dont want to burst the bubble but If the oil pump seized, then I am gonna say the oil pump drive got damaged as well. It is a steel gear and shaft housed in a plastic unit that has a flimsy plastic ear that bolts to the block. The Intake will have to be pulled off to replace this and hopefully the cams drive gear in the rear is ok. Just went through something very similiar to what happened to you. But you might have gotten lucky and just sheared the lock pin that holds the gear to the oil drive shaft. Either way the Intake will have to come off.

 

Umm..I would think if your oil pump siezed up, you would have zero oil pressure. Second, I don't see how you could pay a mechanic 100 bucks to drop the pan, replace the pump(if siezed) and put it back together. Sounds kinda fishy to me.

 

ive herd stories about mechanics overcharging and making up stories... i wonder if hes gonna refill your blinker fluid... or tel u that your muffler bearings need to be changed

thats why i dont let otheres do my mechnic work... i try to do it my self or work with a buddy that knows more then me..

 

I saw Fort Bragg in the bottom of your sig. Are you stationed there? If you are, I live in Fayetteville and I am stationed at Fort Bragg. Sorry I am not trying to hijack the thread. Forgive me.

 

If your oil pump seized where is the pressure coming from that ruptured the oil filter???? No oil pump=no oil pressure

 

Hey,
Believe what you want to believe,I'm not going to argue. He has worked on my car for the last 5 years and has NEVER done me wrong. I may have worded what he said wrong,but I know what he meant.