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[leerosky]

Hey Guys I Post A Thread Few Days Ago About Headlight Outo On Off But This One Is Because My Car Its Been Acting Funny With The Oil Im Goin To Tell You This Believe It Or Not On February This Year I Came Driving From Lancaster,pennsylvania To Jacksonville,florida A 12-14 Hrs Drive When I Was On Virginia My First Stop To Put Gas I Start The Car And Got Into The Interstate I-95 S And The Oil Light Came On Didnt Look At It It Wasnt Normal But When I Got Into Florida Me And My Brother Check The Oil Level And It Was Practically Empty So I Took It To The Shop Right Away And Its Been Doing That The Oil Dont Last And I Dont See Leaks, Or Smoke From The Exhaust,and The Car Runs Good So I Dont Know What To Do. The Last Oil Change I Did Was On May 16 And That Oil Change Have Already 7000+ Miles Suppost To Be Change At 5000 I Didnt But After The Oil Change I Already Put 3 More Quarts Of Oil What Can I Do ?

[huangxin]

in case you haven't realized, car manufacturers color code their warning lights.

yellow - no big deal, get it checked when convenient
red - STOP IMMEDIATELY

yes, i'm very surprised at your car able to still bring you from virginia to florida with the oil light on. from your oil change intervals which you have given, i can tell you are not a person who showed the car some care.

here's the reality, no nothing is going to fix the oil problem if it's not leaking, you are lucky that you didn't destroy the bearings inside the engine and throw a rod through the block. treat the car right and KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE DIPSTICK.

[fishexpo101]

Sounds like you've burned up the motor on the inside.

Once you see that oil lamp light come one - STOP the car and address the issue. Almost all cars have that oil lamp come on at very low oil pressure levels. Once you see it come on, the engine has already lost a considerable amount of oil or has a serious malfunction with the lubrication system. Motor oil is the "life blood" of the car, so to speak - critical to engine cooling, lubrication, proper operation, etc. - the car will not run without a good, clean supply of oil.

Only options now is to see how bad the damage really is - at the minimum, you're probably looking at a rebuild. Could even be looking at an engine swap, depending on the extent of the damage.

Let me get this straight. Even after you burned through all that oil during the trip from Virginia to Florida, you managed to miss a scheduled oil change by more than 2000+ miles and now "complaining/concerned" that the engine is still consuming motor oil after the fact? I'm with huangxin - you've been really hard on the engine. Only thing you can do at this point is to monitor the engine oil levels constantly. Given the rate that the oil is being consumed, you should really check the oil levels before you even crank the engine over.

Also Don't Capitalize Every Word You Write And Make Use Of Punctutation Because It Makes It Very Difficult To Read Your Post.

[leerosky]

well guys thanks a lot for the reply and i do have try to keep up with the maintance i did bought the car last year so i dont know how the treated previously i got in in this dealer jd byrder i dont know if you heard about the dealer before now the engine light didnt stay on just flash like 2 times i do always do the oil change every 3 month or sometimes sooner im using synthetic oil since october last year and got new tires on december and got entire brake system(rotors,pads,hoses,calipers) upfront and shoes in the rear this past june u know i try to keep up the car is running good til now the only problem i notice is the oil thing like i said before but the car runs perfectly and yes since that happen i check the oil level regularly and like i said i've been using synthetic oil i dont know if that help but they told me that oil is the best

[Bdub215]

dam you did 7-800 miles on little to no oil? i wouldnt even have left amish country (lancaster) if i saw that light come on. what oil are you using? (5w,10w)?

[leerosky]

im using synthetic oil 5w 30 thats the one in the owners manual and its the one the shop put in it always let me tell you something japanese people are genius you know that car ran 500-600 miles with low oil and the car still fine just i need to check the oil every week or 2 weeks but the car is running great before this start happening back in february this year i never check the oil or anything just did the regular maintanance every 3000 miles or 3 month and the car never had any light on now since that start happening well i do check the engine regularly [IMG][/IMG]