Well, I owe VNV a HUGE thank you for helping to save my Baby from a really bad catatrophe plus I learned a very big lesson. Luckily things turned out ok.
i was on my way to a big show today in Ocean City, NJ that Mark's Vette club was hosting where all the Vettes were parked right on the boardwalk all day. Drove almost 2 hours there and right before entering town I noticed I had almost ZERO oil pressure. The gauge would drop to zero than gradually climb to maybe 10lbs than back to zero again. Really no place to pull over so all I could do was make it the rest of the way to the show staging area driving it very easily those last 5 miles or so. As soon as I got there I popped the hood and checked the only thing I knew to check which was the dipstick for the oil level. SURPRISE - came out bone dry! :eek :eek
Ok, definately need to put oil in but nowhere to get any. One member of my vette club that we cruised in with had a quart in his car he gave me but it was still WAY low. No one else in my club had any oil. I found Mark and mentioned my problem. He went right to the PA system and annouced to all (329 Vettes at this show) that there was an emergency and that someone (me) needed oil bad and did anyone have any to spare. Next thing I know I have an armful of quarts of oil
it took 3 quarts to get me filled up again - the first quart my club member already gave me and another two quarts from Mark's announcement. Thanks to Mark and a number of very generous people that I never met before my car was saved. It was so low that I wouldn't even have risked driving the mile or two down the road to the nearest gas station to get more oil.
So.... THANK YOU Mark for your help and your announcement to the crowd that got me the oil I needed.
I sure learned today that no matter what, ALWAYS keep an extra quart or two of oil in the car for emergencies. Also, even if you checked the oil within the last week or two, always check it again before taking the car out for a drive EVERYTIME!!
Of course, it's been driving me nuts trying to figure what happened to all my oil as I don't burn oil that much and I have NO oil leaks whatsoever on my car. :confused
At least everything turned out alright but it sure was a big scare first thing in the morning on an otherwise beautiful day.
i was on my way to a big show today in Ocean City, NJ that Mark's Vette club was hosting where all the Vettes were parked right on the boardwalk all day. Drove almost 2 hours there and right before entering town I noticed I had almost ZERO oil pressure. The gauge would drop to zero than gradually climb to maybe 10lbs than back to zero again. Really no place to pull over so all I could do was make it the rest of the way to the show staging area driving it very easily those last 5 miles or so. As soon as I got there I popped the hood and checked the only thing I knew to check which was the dipstick for the oil level. SURPRISE - came out bone dry! :eek :eek
Ok, definately need to put oil in but nowhere to get any. One member of my vette club that we cruised in with had a quart in his car he gave me but it was still WAY low. No one else in my club had any oil. I found Mark and mentioned my problem. He went right to the PA system and annouced to all (329 Vettes at this show) that there was an emergency and that someone (me) needed oil bad and did anyone have any to spare. Next thing I know I have an armful of quarts of oil
it took 3 quarts to get me filled up again - the first quart my club member already gave me and another two quarts from Mark's announcement. Thanks to Mark and a number of very generous people that I never met before my car was saved. It was so low that I wouldn't even have risked driving the mile or two down the road to the nearest gas station to get more oil.
So.... THANK YOU Mark for your help and your announcement to the crowd that got me the oil I needed.
I sure learned today that no matter what, ALWAYS keep an extra quart or two of oil in the car for emergencies. Also, even if you checked the oil within the last week or two, always check it again before taking the car out for a drive EVERYTIME!!
Of course, it's been driving me nuts trying to figure what happened to all my oil as I don't burn oil that much and I have NO oil leaks whatsoever on my car. :confused
At least everything turned out alright but it sure was a big scare first thing in the morning on an otherwise beautiful day.
; 3. I want all that big-block/header heat build up to escape a.s.a.p.; and 4. The open hood is a great reminder to check the oil before the next fire-up. 
