engine is out..... oil pump went last saturday
225,000 miles and lots of very cold starts without being plugged in here in the maine winters must have done it in.
didnt do any engine damage, wasnt driven without oil pressure etc. should be back up and running saturday if all goes well and parts come on time.
i'll make sure to post pictures of the original pumps internals and what exactly is damaged etc.
as far as i can tell this is the only dmax oil pump failure that i've been able to find that is from age etc and not eating metal from a turbo etc ??? seems like its a 1 in a million failure that i was so lucky to experience.