would this also cause the motor to shut its self down? it did'nt lock up,just idled down to a complete stop.Of course the oil cap wasn't on tight and blew motor oil over the top of the engine. I'm thinking an electrical connection got oil on it,and needs to be cleaned off?
I am no deisel mechanic but I would say yes. If your lift pump quit or started sucking air. Make sure you get all that deisel out of the crankcase. I had an 87 ford F250 gas job that did that and filled the crankcase with gas but kept running. After I fixed the pump and changed the oil twice I couldn't get any oil pressure. Engine didn't like running in gas instead of oil.