RIP!!! RIP!!!

In the third week of December Jack proposed to himself listening to the 380cv of his car. He bought a battery which is located in front of the front right wheel, because of the crash it was lost with its supports (characteristics: 12V 70Ah 420A). On the other hand the left silent exits were very flattened, Jack thought that would not prevent the gases come out even if they would, he thought of carrying the car outdoor and listening to free escape.

Afterwards he filled in 5 liters of gasoline and checked the coolant level that was ok, but, WARNING!, when he checked oil level he found no sign of it. Jack filled it up, he supposed that a liter would be enough to mark the indicator, so he bought the same brand used in last review, done in july 2007 (Castrol Edge 10W/60 synthetic, 118 € /4 liters can). He poured a liter, but no stain was there, so he threw 2 and 3… and 7 liters were necessary to stain the creek between MIN and MAX. He got very nervious and began to think that the whole engine was empty of oil and so spoilt. The capacity of oil must be of 9,5 liters, if Jack used 7 liters the engine just had 2,5. He removed the floor effect plates to see if there were any leaking, but they were very clean, just dusty.

Conclusion, it was burning oil, what implyied the engine was very very worn. Last check-up was in july 2007, oil changed and afterwards it was just driven 1,5 months, then crashed and arrived to me just with 2,5 liters, burning the remaining 7 in 1,5 months.

He didn’t try to start it and went back home thinking about the repairing cost. He sent a message to the seller but he didn’t answer. He was scared for the bad deal he had bought.
Two days later he went back to the workshop with José Manuel, a rally driver, they began to read carefully the manual on lubrication chapter, when they got to the paragraph “oil level review” it was in bold written: “Implement the engine for several minutes until the oil temperature passes 70ºC, then stop the engine and immediately check the level with the creek”.

That’s right! Says José Manuel, oil in these cars are never seen in cold, you must see it after started, because it has no housing- Jack reads again the manual and in Generality said: “ Lubrication is dry sump with gears and pumps type”.

Then Jack told me - "who does not know is like who can not see”, the oil level was fine and I should never have cold fill because the oil is decanted into the bottom of the engine until the pumps are submerged"

This week Jack and I learned that the dry sump (without covers) only used in race cars as their main advantages are that you can place the engine lower, lowering the center of gravity, and on the other side having no oil in storage at the bottom, crank doesn’t break or produce foam when it hits the oil that is in the container, allowing greater engine revs. The inconvenience is that you should check very often the oil level as a loss leaves the engine empty of oil immediately.

Then Jack got all the oil out (about 16 liters) and filled it with 8.5 liters because the filter should have one liter as it is a special filter system of anti-drain.

With the levels ok, Jack hit the battery, put the key, turned to point "II" are lit dashboard controls, sounded relays and fuel pumps, turned to "O" and again position "II" to prime the fuel system. Now turned to the starting position and the horses did not awaken. Jack was again reading the manual and came to the chapter of the anti-theft system which said briefly: - the alarm is unlocked with the remote control and starts with the key, "but Jack had just been given two keys and by the book he should have 3 controls and 2 keys. Read more carefully and said that in case of emergency the anti-theft system could unlock a "PIN CODE" and keys.

Jack could not start the car and went home thinking how.