Drove the car without oil for 30 seconds! HELP!?!
06-20-2017, 01:34 PM
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Drove the car without oil for 30 seconds! HELP!?!
I have a 2014 Mercedes Benz SLK 55 AMG. I accidentally went over a parking bumper/parking block at 5mph. Usually there are in the very end of the lot but this happened to be at the beginning to mark a no parking zone. I didn't see it and I boom ran over it. Barely though. I reversed the car and parked it in an adjacent lot.
Anyway, my oil started leaking a lot and I looked underneath and it looks like it was only the oil cover. I called the towing company to tow it in. The guy turned on the car and towed it on the truck. It was barley 30seconds and on the truck which is 20-30 ft but car ran out of oil and was almost nil. We noticed a metal ticking noise which wasn't there before. I told the driver that the car says do not turn the engine on but he said it should be fine as we are just loading it on the truck. It's at the dealer now and I should know everything that's wrong with it by tomorrow afternoon. But I'm panicking because I'm worried that there might have been engine damage. How bad do you guys think it might have been damaged?
Iust looked up the valve clattering noise on Youtube. It sounded exactly like that. My service advisor asked him to roll it off the truck at the dealer. Even after we got it on to the truck, the oil was leaking so I'm hoping it had very little to not cause the damage. I'll find out in a few hours. If something were to go wrong, can I claim it from the towing company? I used mercedes road side assistance, and they sent the guys.
Anyway, my oil started leaking a lot and I looked underneath and it looks like it was only the oil cover. I called the towing company to tow it in. The guy turned on the car and towed it on the truck. It was barley 30seconds and on the truck which is 20-30 ft but car ran out of oil and was almost nil. We noticed a metal ticking noise which wasn't there before. I told the driver that the car says do not turn the engine on but he said it should be fine as we are just loading it on the truck. It's at the dealer now and I should know everything that's wrong with it by tomorrow afternoon. But I'm panicking because I'm worried that there might have been engine damage. How bad do you guys think it might have been damaged?
Iust looked up the valve clattering noise on Youtube. It sounded exactly like that. My service advisor asked him to roll it off the truck at the dealer. Even after we got it on to the truck, the oil was leaking so I'm hoping it had very little to not cause the damage. I'll find out in a few hours. If something were to go wrong, can I claim it from the towing company? I used mercedes road side assistance, and they sent the guys.
06-20-2017, 09:03 PM
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2001 viper rt-10, 2007 SL65
I have a 2014 Mercedes Benz SLK 55 AMG. I accidentally went over a parking bumper/parking block at 5mph. Usually there are in the very end of the lot but this happened to be at the beginning to mark a no parking zone. I didn't see it and I boom ran over it. Barely though. I reversed the car and parked it in an adjacent lot.
Anyway, my oil started leaking a lot and I looked underneath and it looks like it was only the oil cover. I called the towing company to tow it in. The guy turned on the car and towed it on the truck. It was barley 30seconds and on the truck which is 20-30 ft but car ran out of oil and was almost nil. We noticed a metal ticking noise which wasn't there before. I told the driver that the car says do not turn the engine on but he said it should be fine as we are just loading it on the truck. It's at the dealer now and I should know everything that's wrong with it by tomorrow afternoon. But I'm panicking because I'm worried that there might have been engine damage. How bad do you guys think it might have been damaged?
Iust looked up the valve clattering noise on Youtube. It sounded exactly like that. My service advisor asked him to roll it off the truck at the dealer. Even after we got it on to the truck, the oil was leaking so I'm hoping it had very little to not cause the damage. I'll find out in a few hours. If something were to go wrong, can I claim it from the towing company? I used mercedes road side assistance, and they sent the guys.
Anyway, my oil started leaking a lot and I looked underneath and it looks like it was only the oil cover. I called the towing company to tow it in. The guy turned on the car and towed it on the truck. It was barley 30seconds and on the truck which is 20-30 ft but car ran out of oil and was almost nil. We noticed a metal ticking noise which wasn't there before. I told the driver that the car says do not turn the engine on but he said it should be fine as we are just loading it on the truck. It's at the dealer now and I should know everything that's wrong with it by tomorrow afternoon. But I'm panicking because I'm worried that there might have been engine damage. How bad do you guys think it might have been damaged?
Iust looked up the valve clattering noise on Youtube. It sounded exactly like that. My service advisor asked him to roll it off the truck at the dealer. Even after we got it on to the truck, the oil was leaking so I'm hoping it had very little to not cause the damage. I'll find out in a few hours. If something were to go wrong, can I claim it from the towing company? I used mercedes road side assistance, and they sent the guys.
06-20-2017, 09:35 PM
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You'll be fine. The engine would run for a long time without oil, especially at idle/low load. The oil on all the metal parts doesn't disappear, it will protect the surfaces until it overheats and burns off, which isn't gonna happen in 30 seconds of idle/low rpm use.
The noises happen because the valve train and tensioners rely on oil pressure, which wasn't there. But that will go away once the oil is back where it should be.
The noises happen because the valve train and tensioners rely on oil pressure, which wasn't there. But that will go away once the oil is back where it should be.
07-13-2017, 08:39 PM
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Never got the time to reply to this, but I got the car back a while ago. Luckily nothing happened. My dealership just replaced the lower oil pan. They did mention that on initial startup the engine was really loud, but after 15-30 seconds, it was back to normal. Everything seems normal as usual and run perfectly fine. Anyway thanks for the responses.
