Blew an oil line in my DD while on a trip. Does not look roadside fixable. Crankcase almost completely dry so I can't drive it. Need about 5 gallons of used crankcase oil so I can get somewhere where I can fix it. I am in Woodstock VT. Does anyone know someone in this area that might be able to help? Thanks.
The quick oil change place should be good for a few gallons of used oil, provided the guy working there is cool about it. Good luck!
Woodstock sure is one of the nicer parts of Vermont, lots of Pre 1916 Car Tours up there, so they must be used to car break downs.
Yep, problem is I don't know anyone or anyplace here. I can only drive a few more miles on the little oil that is left without hurting the motor. So I need to know which way to head. If I can score a few gallons of used engine oil I should be able to nurse it along.
Yes but it does not look like there is any place like that around here. Just a couple of gas stations with quickie marts. No repair places I have seen. Hoping someone knows the area.
I don't know any of these places, just pulling info from the net hoping it might help ya. http://yellowpages.aol.com/lube-and-oil/vt/woodstock/
I wouldn't use used oil in your car, no matter how desparate you are. Anything out of the tanks at a quick change or AutoZone type place will be a mix of ATF and diff fluid and god knows what else. Is this a steel line or a rubber hose? What kind of car?
plym 49 do you still need help ??? i live about 8 miles from woodstock. closest garages are in white river jct. about 12 miles east on rt 4 or rutland about 35 miles west on 4.
Thanks to all who have tried to help. Everything is OK. I have been in a completely dead zone with no cell or wireless coverage and as such was completely out of contact. Let me fill you all in: driving my OT DD Chevy 4x4 pickup with a heavy load and pulling a heavy trailer, I noticed blue smoke behind me. WTF? Stopped and trailer covered in oil; same for the engine compartment. Checked oil, barely registered any at the tip of the dipstick. Started motor and looked with a flashlight (it was dark by this time) and saw oil pouring out in the lower drivers side of the motor. I could see that it was not the filter. It was lower and further back, and it seemed to be coming from one of the factory external oil cooler lines that connect to the motor down there. This is where I was with my first plea for help. I was in the middle of nowhere, I barely had signal (eventually, it quit completely) and I did not want to drive the vehicle any further as clearly there would be no oil in there at all in no time flat (I have a mechanical oil pressure gauge and at no time did it indicate low oil pressure. Likewise, the motor had not knocked or rapped. So hopefully I was still OK in that permanent damage had hopefully not yet occurred). When this truck was new, one of these lines had to be replaced under factory warranty, and let me tell you that it was a huge PITA as this is apparently not a part number that is stocked. I had little hope of being able to patch things up. The oil leak had clearly gotten worse as if it had been leaking at the current rate the entire time I would not have been able to drive a mile. That is why I figured the best bet was to pour in used oil just to be able to limp 'someplace' where I would have connectivity and could work something out. When I finally got to an area with cell service, my phone was dead. So I could not see all the suggestions and kind offers, nor could I update my status. I let it sit all night so it could cool off and maybe in the light of day something would present itself. I also managed to hook up with someone who would come by the next day with some fresh oil. By this time I had no signal at all so I could not report back; nor could I see the many replies and offers of help. Now it was daylight and the motor was cool. I made a 'pressure washer' out of a ziplock bag filled with a little liquid soap and water. Open just the corner of the ziplock, and presto, a pressure washer. Washed down the area of the motor to clean off all the dripped oil, and rinsed. Then we added a couple of quarts of oil and started her up. The good news is that at that point we could clearly see that the two oil cooler lines were not the leak. That was 'sigh of relief' time. The leak was coming from the area behind the filter, above the cooling lines, and tucked between the header and front driveshaft. The only thing in that area was the stock oil pressure sender. It is covered with a sheet metal shroud. We removed the shroud and ran it again and sure enough the leak seemed to be coming from that unit. We got it out - which was not fun as there is little access in that area. I hate it when you can see the part, but you cannot touch it. Reminds me of the girls in high school. Anyway, it came out and close as we could tell it was leaking from where the plastic piece joins to the metal, and possibly also where the metal can is crimped to the base plate. Now all we had to do was install a pipe plug. Except we did not have one. Oops. I was able to cannibalize one from somewhere else on the truck. I eliminated an unnecessary br*** tee that had the pipe plug we needed closing off the unused branch. Put the tee in with some teflon tape, started it up and no leaks! Tapped off the oil, and we were done. So in the end it all worked out and I never needed to use used oil. I owe a lot to the guy who helped me. He brought tools and oil and that was the key; he also helped a lot in getting me going again. Thanks again to all those who pitched in with ideas and information on the surrounding area. I really appreciate the help and support. There's a reason we all tend to turn to the HAMB first for help. John
Glad everything worked out well, lesson learned is that Cell Phones aren't cracked up to what they claim to be, your fellow man a total stranger was your salvation.
You got that right. And I also was kicking myself as I usually have two emergency quarts in the vehicle. For the first time in years I had used and not replaced them. So, of course, that's when Murphy kicks in. If I just had them with me I could have limped someplace - it gets you kind of tied up in a knot when you are in the middle of no where and yet you realize that driving further will just tear things up worse.
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