went to milltown yesterday 115 miles round trip car ran ok started to sound funny towards end . checked oil and went 2 miles to show today as I was leaving noticed no oil pressure and in a sec it started smoking out of drivers side pipe . people on a porch said its not leaking anything ,was mile from home now so limped it home . looked in hole for oil fill and could see rocker upright pulled valve cover and I had bent a push rod and it came out of the socket on rocker .dont think any major damage has happenend would of sucked 60 miles from home
meh, i drove my 58 home to merrimac ma from milltown rapping the whole way. i figured it would either make it or not, & every mile closer was a cheaper tow. it made it.
IF the noise was from no oil, you have done damage, might take a few, or a few hundred, to show up, but it will.
My driver doesnt' leak or drip visibly either, but it got so low in 5000 miles it started to click and knock. 3 quarts later it was fine. Must be burning it or something, but it doesn't smoke either.
I don't want to add any more drama to this thread ... I think I will just privately shake my head in wonderment though.
I am replacing lifters and the push rods both valve covers off and intake off all looks ok inside . iwas a mile from home with wife in my other car behind me , just did 115 miles day before it wasnt making any wierd noises so i took chance to get it home pushrod was bent out of the way ball broke off and jammed in rocker i found out later I guess shame on me for posting about it
Oil pressure is soooo overrated... Smart enough to boost my post count, until this thing runs off the rails and is deleted.