My car went up on the rack this morning, with me inside, while my mechanic stood underneath. He had me bring my rpm's up to 2,000 and hold it and within minutes he found the leak.
The large oil hose that runs from my filter to the top of my radiator had been sliced by the fan belt, and I know when it happened.
As I was coming into Mongomery, Alabama a big truck pulled up really short in from of me and caused me to need to brake hard. During that hard braking I lost 3 of my four doughnuts that hold my muffler in place as I noticed rattling just after starting to pull off from that quick stop. I pulled over shortly there after and noticed some engine oil under the hood.
Things must have slipped enough in the engine compartment to have allowed the fan belt to contact the hose. I had him also check my motor mounts, which are new, and they seemed fine.
The fix will be temporary for the hose with a splice and a connector placed where the cut was, but it should allow me to get back to Texas and order a proper hose.
Thanks from so many on this board for help and assistance. It took the rpm's to allow the leak to show up.
I am having the undercarrage and motor steam cleaned before I pick the car up, as I had noted being worried about all that oil on the rubber stuff under the car.
Chip
Windsor, NC
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