driving home tonight, my oil light comes on. i know theres oil in the engine as i only just checked it. it starts to tick, getting gradually louder and louder till its very loud.
any rough ideas of what the hells going on???

 

That is the sound of low/no oil pressure, its most likely to be a blocked oil pickup strainer, but it could be main bearings or oil pump too. have you recently done any work on it? used engine oil flush lately?
Get it sorted or it wont last long!

 

all i've done to it is fit an induction kit. i've only had the car for a fortnight :S prior to that i was told its been sitting for 2 months. i've hardly even driven it. how easy is it to fix?

 

deffo oil problem there, when mine done that it was that oil pump pick up pipe in the sump, but could be the pump itself

 

how easy is this to fix?

 

sump pick up isnt easy but not hard,

exhaust, starter off,cambelt off,bottom pully etc empty oil out, sump off

if you change the oil pump, you have to undo the engine mount bolt in the drivers side wheel arch to allow room to slide off oil pump

undo oil pump bolts off, undo the pick up pipe, allen key bolts, theres a gasket in between this could of just slipped out or maybe old and leaking, if is, that will be your problem.

 

cheers mate, i'll have a look tomorrow. fingers crossed its not done too much damage

 

the oil light is not a level indicator, its a pressure light... i imagine you have Łcuked your bottom end

 

its a tappety rattle. we've had a look and theres no oil getting to the head. oil pump me thinks...

 

oh dear, by the sounds of it, it does sound very good.
the tick may be main bearings, big or any other part of the engine
that doesnt get a supply of oil for that matter. personaly i wouldnt even start it
until ive had the sump off for inspection for how much damage was already
done.

 

oil pump failure. new one is on its way. just hoping nothing else is damaged. it was only run for about 2 miles while it was ticking. fingers crossed

 

swt just make sure you check all the bottom end for wear while its apart.

 

u should be ok, i ran mine for 5 mins with oil pissing out of the side of my pump.

 

find out tomorrow anyway when the new pump arrives

 

oil pump fitted. engine flushed. all is mint. well chuffed. phew

 

8 lives left for you mate well done

 

lol, fingers crossed from now on matey