NHTSA Complaint #10173164 — 2001 FORD F-350 SD

HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP SPRAYING OIL ALL OVER THE ROAD UNTIL VEHICLE QUIT RUNNING. FIRST TIME WAS AROUND 10,000 MILES- THEY PUT AND O-RING IN THIS TIME AND WITH IN ANOTHER 10,000 MILES IT DID IT AGAIN- THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE PUMP AND IT LASTED UNTIL VEHICLE HAD 36,000 MILES AND IT DID IT AGAIN - THEY REPLACED THE O-RINGS AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT MADE IT TILL IT HAD 68,000 MILES AND IT DUMPED ABOUT 15 QUARTS OF OIL ON THE ROAD AGAIN. THIS TIME THE OIL PUMP BLEW APART. THIS IS 4 TIMES THIS VEHICLE HAS DONE THE SAME THING. THIS OIL PUMP IS WHAT MAKES THE FUEL GO TO THE CYLINDERS AND KEEPING THE ENGINE RUNNING, NO OIL PRESSURE AND THE ENGINE SHUTS DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE MECHANIZED FOR 20 YEARS WITH UPS AND HAVE A KNOWLEDGE OF ENGINES AND HOW THEY WORK. THE ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THAT IT DUMPS OR SPRAYS OIL ALL OVER THE ROAD AND ALL UNDER THE VEHICLE WHICH COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE ITSELF OR SOMEONE FOLLOWING TO WRECK IN THE OIL , OR SOMEONE RUN INTO THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT QUITS. FOUR TIMES WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND FORD WOULD NOT HELP WITH THE COST OF REPAIRS THE LAST TIME. THIS IS A PRE-EXISTING PROBLEM THAT NEVER HAS BEEN FIXED THE FIRST TIME IN THE SHOP. THIS HIGH PRESSURE OIL PUMP IS WHAT MAKES THE FUEL INJECTORS OPERATE. NO OIL PRESSURE AND THE INJECTORS WILL NOT OPERATE AND THE ENGINE QUITS WITHOUT WARNING. I HAVE HAD THE OIL ALL UNDER THE VEHICLE AND ALL OVER THE REAR TIRES. I ALSO MENTIONED TO THE DEALER AFTER THE 3RD TIME THAT IF A MOTORCYCLE GOT BEHIND ME THAT HE WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS CONTROLLING HIS RIDE. I CAUGHT THE PUMP LEAKING BEFORE IT QUIT THAT ONE TIME. FOUR TIMES WITH 68,000 MILES IS NOT A SAFE RECORD WITH PUTTING ABOUT 3 GALLONS OF OIL ON THE ROAD EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS. ALSO CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF DUMPING OIL EVERYWHERE. *JB