MASSIVE oil leak

[dwebb]

OK...I was traveling down the interstate and noticed a slight knocking noise (very light). Then, all of a sudden a loud noise, loss of power, and LOUD knocking. A LARGE amount of oil was leaking.

I had it towed back, put oil in the car, cranked it to see where the oil was coming from...loud noise, and MASSIVE amount of oil was leaking from the front of the motor.

I know that this is not good. I cannot see any visible signs of damage (other than the 4 qts of oil lost).

Suggestions?

 

[oilhammer]

Time for another engine. Yours has a gaping hole in the block.

 

[bluesmoker]

OK...I was traveling down the interstate and noticed a slight knocking noise (very light). Then, all of a sudden a loud noise, loss of power, and LOUD knocking. A LARGE amount of oil was leaking.

I had it towed back, put oil in the car, cranked it to see where the oil was coming from...loud noise, and MASSIVE amount of oil was leaking from the front of the motor.

I know that this is not good. I cannot see any visible signs of damage (other than the 4 qts of oil lost).

Suggestions?

you threw a rod or the crank walked, as Oilhammer said new engine time

 

[Ol'Rattler]

It would be great if all problems had such a straight forward diagnosis. Seems like a lot of guys would have scanned for DTC's. The dealer probably would have.

"Sir there are no fault codes set and the check engine light isn't on, so there is nothing wrong with your engine".

 

[oilhammer]

Shoot, Bill Jacobs Volkswagen outside Chicago did a "crankcase flush" on a BHW to try and fix an engine noise, which was funny considering the noise was the chain that had already blown a hole in the front cover.

They ruined the engine.