BethanT
Well-Known Member
First time lorry owner here, and so far its been great!
Bough the lorry off someone I knew, and I have had zero issues with it since I bought it 9 months ago. 2002 Ford Iveco 7.5t
However, Monday I went to go and move a horse for a friend. Started up the engine, made sure the pressure on the air brakes was up where it needed to be, and off we went. Arrived at her yard, switched the engine off, loaded up the horse (took about 15 mins to get everything together and loaded) then switched back on again and made our way back to the other yard. After driving up the lane, I needed to pull over to a stop for some traffic, and when I went to move again it wouldn't go, it was then that noticed that the air break pressure was below 8 on the gauge, so I waiting and got the pressure back up again and it was fine.
About 1 mile away from home I saw that the temp gauge was sky high and the red warning light was one, and the oil pressure had dropped. So now I am absolutely bricking myself that the engine has massively overheated and it is totally f@#ked. I drove home at a snails pace in the hope that it wouldn't cause much damage.
Now I will add that this was in the evening, and so it was about 1 degrees, so blimmin cold!
I've since checked the oil and water, and I am ashamed to say that they are both empty, but there is a slight leak underneath the lorry which looks like oil. So unsure how long they would have been empty for, I used the lorry the weekend before with no signs of issues.
Someone pleeeeeeease tell me it is going to be OK, and just putting oil and water in will fix it?! Or have I totally wrecked it and have to spend a fortune on fixing it? Have others had anything similar with this type of lorry, and what was the issue?
I would rather spend the money on getting it fixed over trying to a new lorry, as I managed to get it way below market value due to knowing the person selling, and another lorry similar would cost more that I would have to spend.
Bough the lorry off someone I knew, and I have had zero issues with it since I bought it 9 months ago. 2002 Ford Iveco 7.5t
However, Monday I went to go and move a horse for a friend. Started up the engine, made sure the pressure on the air brakes was up where it needed to be, and off we went. Arrived at her yard, switched the engine off, loaded up the horse (took about 15 mins to get everything together and loaded) then switched back on again and made our way back to the other yard. After driving up the lane, I needed to pull over to a stop for some traffic, and when I went to move again it wouldn't go, it was then that noticed that the air break pressure was below 8 on the gauge, so I waiting and got the pressure back up again and it was fine.
About 1 mile away from home I saw that the temp gauge was sky high and the red warning light was one, and the oil pressure had dropped. So now I am absolutely bricking myself that the engine has massively overheated and it is totally f@#ked. I drove home at a snails pace in the hope that it wouldn't cause much damage.
Now I will add that this was in the evening, and so it was about 1 degrees, so blimmin cold!
I've since checked the oil and water, and I am ashamed to say that they are both empty, but there is a slight leak underneath the lorry which looks like oil. So unsure how long they would have been empty for, I used the lorry the weekend before with no signs of issues.
Someone pleeeeeeease tell me it is going to be OK, and just putting oil and water in will fix it?! Or have I totally wrecked it and have to spend a fortune on fixing it? Have others had anything similar with this type of lorry, and what was the issue?
I would rather spend the money on getting it fixed over trying to a new lorry, as I managed to get it way below market value due to knowing the person selling, and another lorry similar would cost more that I would have to spend.