petex19
True Classic
I take a big sigh writing this as I expect the worst.
I had my engine idling excellent and was getting ready to take it for a drive when the engine just stopped dead. I had oil pressure and AFR's were in the 14's so not dangerously lean. I tried starting it again and I could hear the starting spinning but not engaging. I got out of the car and could see oil pouring out by the starter. I immediately drained the oil from the engine and the oil was clean. I went under the car and seen that the starter gear came off the starter and stooped the flywheel. I noticed two of my three starter mounting bolts were loose. No idea how they got loose but they did over the years. I removed the starter and was able to remove the starter gear from the transmission bell housing. The flywheel looks to be perfect and the motor rotates as it should from the crankshaft. I ordered a new gear reduction starter from Midwest. I have replaced the starter before over the 31 years of car ownership and no oil ever dripped.
I'm afraid I have done something to the engine block. I read somewhere that it could be a rear main seal?
My plan was to install new starter, put oil in engine and do a compression test on all four cylinders. I guess I would know pretty quickly if my block is a sprinkler.
Any thoughts and please be kind. I don't think it's anything I did but I am beating myself up over it.
I had my engine idling excellent and was getting ready to take it for a drive when the engine just stopped dead. I had oil pressure and AFR's were in the 14's so not dangerously lean. I tried starting it again and I could hear the starting spinning but not engaging. I got out of the car and could see oil pouring out by the starter. I immediately drained the oil from the engine and the oil was clean. I went under the car and seen that the starter gear came off the starter and stooped the flywheel. I noticed two of my three starter mounting bolts were loose. No idea how they got loose but they did over the years. I removed the starter and was able to remove the starter gear from the transmission bell housing. The flywheel looks to be perfect and the motor rotates as it should from the crankshaft. I ordered a new gear reduction starter from Midwest. I have replaced the starter before over the 31 years of car ownership and no oil ever dripped.
I'm afraid I have done something to the engine block. I read somewhere that it could be a rear main seal?
My plan was to install new starter, put oil in engine and do a compression test on all four cylinders. I guess I would know pretty quickly if my block is a sprinkler.
Any thoughts and please be kind. I don't think it's anything I did but I am beating myself up over it.