Captain's '82 300D Purists Must Die Prius Repellent
Captain's '82 300D Purists Must Die Prius Repellent
So anyway I beat the dents out of my lower oil pan and replaced the oil pump pickup with a new one from the dealer because it was cracked.
Then I decided to see if the trans would behave and it did! So fuck it I started driving it again until I had time for the trans swap.
Until the other day I was 10 miles from home and it started running really weird. i popped the hood and some injector return lines were leaking I also checked the oil level and it was full... well as I started driving it was getting worse ...
Now it occurs to me that its running like its low on oil pressure. so long story short by the time I baby it home it acts like it is seizing. Well fuck me right? I triple check and there is plenty of oil in the pan but something must have happened (maybe with the new pickup)??? I don't know I'm so confused. I come out today, replaced the return line and start the bitch up and it acts like normal. I have no oil pressure gauge so I popped the fill cap and look at the cam. THERE IS oil squirting on it like normal but that may mean nothing who knows? I let it warm up a few min and bring up the idle (everything seemed fine at this point) and bam.... There's the rod knock. So guess I'm looking for a donor engine or will rebuild this fucker!