Oil smell then shuts off

LATASHA81

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2002 FORD ESCAPE
V6
4WD
AUTOMATIC
160,000 MILES

Full of oil. Drive it twenty minutes there was an oil smell then shuts off. Wait five minutes put oil in it cranks up and go. No visible oil leak nor smoke.

Saturday, January 19th, 2019 AT 10:15 AM

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ASEMASTER6371

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Good afternoon,

No oil leak?

Then you are burning the oil. The smell is most likely coming from the tail pipe.

Do you see any smoke out the exhaust while running?

Roy

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Saturday, January 19th, 2019 AT 12:27 PM

LATASHA81

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Shut off value. So before the vehicle comes in danger of blowing up the engine shuts off.

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Saturday, January 19th, 2019 AT 2:20 PM

LATASHA81

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Normally with no oil engine would blow motor knocks etc. Instead mine shut off, cooled down. Put oil in it a run like a champ until oil disappears.

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Saturday, January 19th, 2019 AT 2:21 PM

ASEMASTER6371

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Where is this valve located?

Normally there is a fuel shut off switch but controls fuel flow, not oil control.

It does not matter anyway. If you have no leaks and you are using oil, you are burning. You should do a wet and dry compression test to see if the rings are bad.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-test-engine-compression

Roy

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Saturday, January 19th, 2019 AT 2:40 PM