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Hey im a newbie looking for any advice or thoughts. I was driving along a rural road and drove over a rock. Without me knowing it, I have been leaking oil all over Cornwall until my engine cut out. I must have damaged the oil sump. Does this mean I may have damaged my engine or is there a safety valve somewhere that cuts the engine off before it does any damage?
 
Hey im a newbie looking for any advice or thoughts. I was driving along a rural road and drove over a rock. Without me knowing it, I have been leaking oil all over Cornwall until my engine cut out. I must have damaged the oil sump. Does this mean I may have damaged my engine or is there a safety valve somewhere that cuts the engine off before it does any damage?

Hi, :)
generally speaking , the lack of circulating oil will accelerate wear in the car, :eek:
HOWEVER . the oil light should come on at the point the pump has no oil to pressurise.

I did exactly this on a diesel - wiring was also damaged so no light.. :(

how did the engine stop,?
stall at a junction.. or just "grind to a halt" ?:confused:

either way,
check the OIL LEVEL,
then the COOLANT ( antifreeze) level,

if the coolant is VERY LOW , you've probably cooked the engine.. the lack of circulating oil is BAD for heat dissipation :(

do let us know..,
Charlie
 
Once an engine runs seriously low on oil, then all bets are off; if it has come to a halt through oil starvation (as opposed to your turning it off when the red light came on), then sadly the engine is most likely scrap.

That said, it can be surprising how long an engine will run without oil; there are videos on youtube made by folks who've deliberately trashed engines by running them in this condition, and some have taken a remarkable amount of abuse before outright failure.
 
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