Well I commited one of the utterly stupid things drivers can do. I failed to check my oil levels. Today I was driving to work and about 3/4th of the way there (20 mile trip) she stalls on me. I pull over and try to start it. It'll run good for a bit but keep dying. I finally get it limped off the tollway and into a parking lot. I parked it for the day and got a ride to work from my dad who came to pick me up.
After work I decided to try and fix whatever was wrong. I went to Autozone and bought a can of carb cleaner and another fuel filter, although I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the filter since I just added that marine sized one.
After taking my carb apart in the parking lot (I took it apart farther than I knew how..but got it back together right) and cleaned it all out with the carb cleaner. I swapped fuel fitlers and the engine still stalled out.
Oh, and recently I started hearing a ticking noise from the engine that correlated with RPM's. So one time after turning it over I notice smoke coming from the oil fill tube in the front of the engine (304). Out of a whim I check the oil and it wasn't even registering on the dipstick. Now when I first pulled the dipstick out it had oil on it, but when I wiped it down, put it in, and pulled out it had nothing. So I immediately stopped trying to turn it over and ran down the road to a gas station. Four quarts of oil later I was showing full on the dipstick, started it up and it ran great. No more ticking noise and no more stalling out.
Now I just hope I haven't done any major permanent damage to the engine. I know having no oil can be a real big problem. I'm hoping it had just enough to run for a bit and then stall when it couldn't lube anymore.
I'm just wondering where it all went now. I never smelled burning oil, nor did I see it in my exhaust. But it must have burnt off cause I just don't know where else it could have gone. I think my CJ is throwing a temper tantrum so I don't sell it.
So now you can all smack me upside the head and remind me to check my oil more often.
After work I decided to try and fix whatever was wrong. I went to Autozone and bought a can of carb cleaner and another fuel filter, although I was pretty dang sure it wasn't the filter since I just added that marine sized one.
After taking my carb apart in the parking lot (I took it apart farther than I knew how..but got it back together right) and cleaned it all out with the carb cleaner. I swapped fuel fitlers and the engine still stalled out.
Oh, and recently I started hearing a ticking noise from the engine that correlated with RPM's. So one time after turning it over I notice smoke coming from the oil fill tube in the front of the engine (304). Out of a whim I check the oil and it wasn't even registering on the dipstick. Now when I first pulled the dipstick out it had oil on it, but when I wiped it down, put it in, and pulled out it had nothing. So I immediately stopped trying to turn it over and ran down the road to a gas station. Four quarts of oil later I was showing full on the dipstick, started it up and it ran great. No more ticking noise and no more stalling out.
Now I just hope I haven't done any major permanent damage to the engine. I know having no oil can be a real big problem. I'm hoping it had just enough to run for a bit and then stall when it couldn't lube anymore.
I'm just wondering where it all went now. I never smelled burning oil, nor did I see it in my exhaust. But it must have burnt off cause I just don't know where else it could have gone. I think my CJ is throwing a temper tantrum so I don't sell it.
So now you can all smack me upside the head and remind me to check my oil more often.