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Well FML first track day disaster.

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Marticus:
Welp it looks like I can't catch a break, spent the last year or so getting the car running as best I could and after dealing with a load of gear box issues I finally felt ready to get on track.

Drove 150 miles to the track and first session went great, car ran well nice and quick.

Half way through second session. Low Oil pressure warning!

Limped back to the pits, but by the time I got in the car was not sounding healthy at all.

Left it to cool down a bit and turned it on, and everything quietened back down...

So I limped the few miles back to the hotel, and everything sounded normal, but getting recovery to take me back and will see what kind if damage has been done.

Really hoping I haven't spun a bearing. Not sure what get hit first with low oil pressure.

Sorry for the rant, pretty bummed right now

Jons1001:
Wishing you best of luck its nothing serious mate. Been following your posts and know you've put so much work into the car, fingers crossed.

Marticus:

--- Quote from: Jons1001 on August 30, 2024, 07:55:47 pm ---Wishing you best of luck its nothing serious mate. Been following your posts and know you've put so much work into the car, fingers crossed.

--- End quote ---

Thanks for the kind words, im feeling a bit more positive today, will drop the oilpan this week and see what there is to see. Did see a S3 motor for sale online. But more than I can afford at the min.

pudding:
Hopefully just a momentary loss of oil pressure from the oil sloshing about during hard cornering.

That is why BMW M cars have baffled sumps and scavenge pumps.  MK7s are even worse than MK5s for oil surge. You often see Golf Rs belching out clouds of blue smoke on track from overwhelmed PCVs.  Anyway, hopefully nothing serious.  Look for brass coloured shavings in the next oil change and then you'll know for sure.

Marticus:

--- Quote from: pudding on August 31, 2024, 04:47:33 pm ---Hopefully just a momentary loss of oil pressure from the oil sloshing about during hard cornering.

That is why BMW M cars have baffled sumps and scavenge pumps.  MK7s are even worse than MK5s for oil surge. You often see Golf Rs belching out clouds of blue smoke on track from overwhelmed PCVs.  Anyway, hopefully nothing serious.  Look for brass coloured shavings in the next oil change and then you'll know for sure.

--- End quote ---

Yeah the warning came up after a flat throttle left hander. Not so much a turn but enough g forces to push everything to the outside, and with flat foot at 5k rpm..well let's say I'm not hopeful.

The rattling noise and smoke coming out of the valve cover around piston 4 leaves me thinking there is a 0% chance that there isn't damage done somewhere.

With that said, the engine was running quiet when I was taking on and off the truck, so I'll do and oil change and drop the pan, and search for glitter.

But I'm leaning towards trying to keep this motor limping along for now if possible without too much investment, and building up a CDL motor for track work, which I'm guessinging would mainly involve things like a baffled sump. balance shaft delete, maybe oil cooler etc.

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