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Ratpowerd67 · 04-19-2004, 10:32 PM

theres kindof a story behind all this, somehow my dipstick tube was loose and i destroyed my 1200 mile gm crate motor with sand and water, the oil press went to zero in no time. i sunk the truck and everyone said "keep it running" . the whole time the motor was takeing on water down low ,not missing a beat.needless to say, i changed the oil 5 times to flush it out. shipped it back to gm and they gave me another one. the block was not even rebuildable. that was a close one. good thing they didnt want to see the truck.i now have a lokar dipstick with the o-ring seal tube. dont use the cheap chrome stick when your wheeling .im going back fathersday weekend.....rat

04-19-2004, 10:32 PM	#5
Ratpowerd67 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Trenton ,Texas Posts: 328	theres kindof a story behind all this, somehow my dipstick tube was loose and i destroyed my 1200 mile gm crate motor with sand and water, the oil press went to zero in no time. i sunk the truck and everyone said "keep it running" . the whole time the motor was takeing on water down low ,not missing a beat.needless to say, i changed the oil 5 times to flush it out. shipped it back to gm and they gave me another one. the block was not even rebuildable. that was a close one. good thing they didnt want to see the truck.i now have a lokar dipstick with the o-ring seal tube. dont use the cheap chrome stick when your wheeling .im going back fathersday weekend.....rat Last edited by Ratpowerd67; 04-19-2004 at 10:38 PM.