hey guys,

I was driving along and felt a sudden loss of power, the oil pressure light came on at the same time.

Straight away I pulled over and turned the engine off. Waited about 10 mins and checked the oil level and was fine.

I tried to start the engine and it wouldnt start, it was as if the battery was flat.. the engine wouldnt turn over.

I had a couple mates help push start the car and got it going again to try get it home. On idle it sounded like a ticking noise from the engine, going faster as rpm went up.

After 10 mins, cruising at 2000rpm it started to smell like oil and then the engine just turned off!

tryed the key to start and didnt start, put it in gear and tried to roll start it and nothing.. was showing the rpm although.

When trying to key start it, the engine turned over but it didnt fire.

had to get towed home!

ive checked:

fuses

fuel line and filter

starter motor

spark plugs

oil

and just under the car in general.

the car wasnt blowing smoke, wasnt over heating, and engine was smooth as ever when on.

Anyone have ideas what has happened or what to do?

Did u try and jump start it or clutch start it? can u turn the engine over by hand?

sounds as though it might be seized? oil pump sh*t itself?

yeah ive tryed jump starting with my boat battery, the engine still turns over. just doesnt start. so I dont think its seized if it still turns over

clutch starting it doesnt work either.

its weird because I got it working for 10mins and then it died. so confused with what the problem could be

Is it modded? What was pressure when you got it going again?

Try get a scan tool onto it.

ive got a obd2 reader and comes up with no errors.

the oil pressure light was still on but I wanted to try get it home

yeah its modded, injectors, fuel pump, exhaust, cooler and intake

Edited November 13, 201114 yr by jonn

Doesn't sound too good, probably wouldn't be trying to start or drive it, trailer it to your mechanic.

Oil light is never a good thing to see when driving.

yeahhh pain in the ass

Check under the fuse box on the drivers side there is orange plug which controls the I think it's security security or could be something else anysways doesnt come up with a fault but doesn't let the car start it's in driver side other then that press the fuel reset switch in the passagers foot well

Happend to me f knows how it Happend to come out but it did otherwise could be cranksensor not which could throw out the system/timing

The crank sensor goes from apparent to much heat

Let us know how u go

hey guys,

I was driving along and felt a sudden loss of power, the oil pressure light came on at the same time.

Straight away I pulled over and turned the engine off. Waited about 10 mins and checked the oil level and was fine.

I tried to start the engine and it wouldnt start, it was as if the battery was flat.. the engine wouldnt turn over.

I had a couple mates help push start the car and got it going again to try get it home. On idle it sounded like a ticking noise from the engine, going faster as rpm went up.

After 10 mins, cruising at 2000rpm it started to smell like oil and then the engine just turned off!

tryed the key to start and didnt start, put it in gear and tried to roll start it and nothing.. was showing the rpm although.

When trying to key start it, the engine turned over but it didnt fire.

Anyone have ideas what has happened or what to do?

Sounds like what was happening to my car. It had been 'ticking' for maybe a week with the exact same symptoms you just described when the oil light came on one day. My engine kept running for the ~500m it took to get home. After checking and then filling it up with oil (stupid mechanic didn't finish filling it in the service two weeks prior) the ticking disappeared and everything was fine. It looks like you may not have been as lucky as I was (I had to put in 3.2litres out of 5.5 litres capacity so it was pretty low).

What did u end up finding with this?