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Originally Posted by TomBlaze
i was driving back and forth from college back home about 800 miles, Oil leak smh
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wow, as someone who does a lot of driving with oil leaks I know how that sucks. It's like I'm constantly checking under the hood every 300 or 400 miles depending on conditions. If I'm revving 4 or 5,000 rpm every few miles to get over a pass I can burn up half a quart within like 150 miles or so. And that's with high mileage oil. Regular oil would probably evaporate.
There was a guy in my complex who said, "you're always working on that old thing". I wanted to say shut the hell up. There's a reason why I'm always popping the hood!
There was 1 time I drove over 600 miles in a day without checking the oil. Next morning I checked and the dipstick was dry. Was scared to start the car but only needed like 1.5 quarts. Which is still pretty low.
$1,700 sounds a bit high. i can bet there is someone who can get a working engine from a salvage yard (which are very cheap, like 100 bucks or so) and then do it. Try to go to a small, crappy looking mechanic shop who's willing to do it for less. Or just call around to places in the phone book that don't have fancy pictures of 2011 Camrys and stuff.
My car was in an accident and 3 places quoted $2,000. I got a reference from a guy who worked at a Toyota salvage yard who fixed the damage for $640.
. im a noob when it comes to 
As in, "oil level got so low I threw a rod through the block", or just "she's leaking oil faster than I can pour it in"?
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