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Anything special to do before firing up motor after dumping oil?

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Old 01-26-2014, 12:27 PM
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Accusump busted and dumped all my oil. I drove it about 100yds before I realized what was going on. Motor wasn't completely empty as it still dropped another quart on my floor. Should I like pull inj fuses and turn it over some or does that even matter? Crossing my fingers that there is no damage.
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I unplug my injectors and coil packs. Turn it over a few times, then fire it up
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Make sure you replace the oil pan drain plug if you drained and refilled the oil
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Just a question out of curiosity? if you only dumped oil out of your accusump, why are you worried? Your accusump holds "extra" oil that is only put into the motor under low oil conditions. if you were just driving and had normal oil pressure and you lost ALL the oil from the accusump, you still have all the oil in your pan/oil??
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Valve let oil from engine thru. Once bottom fell out of tank, even though accusump wasn't hooked up, I guess because pressure in motor side was higher than on tank side, valve opened to "refill" tank. When I checked oil, there was zero on dipstick.

Turned motor a few times, and then repl inj fuses and fired it up. Everything seems to be alright. Valve train sounds noisey, but it may be that way all the time and I never paid that much attention. Took it for a 5 mi drive and all seems OK.
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Maybe just remove oil filter, cut open and spread out the media to see if there is anything to see since driving it. Probably nothing of concern there but you may rest easier.

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