Lost a lot of oil and wont run now

Asked by Deina Aug 10, 2019 at 10:42 AM about the 2004 Isuzu Rodeo 3.5L S

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I went for a long ride and park
came back out to leave after
about 2 hours and my 2004 isuzu
rodeo wont start first i thought it
was electrical or the battery but
then it just turn over but it made a
bad clnk sound and shout off and
i havnt been able to get it on again
so i tow it home i try starting it
agoin this time when i shut it off i
lost a lot of oil the funny thing is i
still have oil in my car i thought i
through a rod but there hasnt
been any thing to give me that
reason it would it only has 92000
miles on it i just bought this car
from some guy what do i do its
only been 21 days iv owned it . it
has a 3.5l in it so it is really hard
to find and expensive.

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KenF answered 5 years ago

I wish I had an answer for you, loss of oil can destroy a motor pretty quick, but we don't know for certain that is what happened. You may have lost the timing chain instead. You really need a mechanic to look it over. Ask a good mechanic friend or friend of a friend to look at it, or hire a mobile mechanic to come out (to avoid having to pay for a tow). A few tests can determine just what failed.

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Deina answered 5 years ago

Thanks that is what i am doing and yes i too believe it might be the timing chain strangest thing iv ever seen.

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50yearmechanic answered 2 years ago

You said a lot of oil came out but you still have oil in the car! Smell the oil on the dipstick. If it smells of gasoline the seal in the high-pressure fuel pump has gone. don't try to start it! When the seal fails it dumps a lot of gasoline into the crankcase. (quarts of it)! The whole engine will need internal cleaning and you need a new HP fule pump.

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