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Let me start out by saying that my whole life is pretty much work work work. I don't have time for a lot of other things. That being said..
So my car had been making an odd ping/rattling noise under the hood for quite some time now. Finally, my oil pressure gauge began to drop yesterday, and finally hit rock bottom. Awesome. So I take my car down to pep boys, and I tell them I think I may need an oil change, but that I just want them to throw some oil in there for the time being, you know, just to keep the pressure up.
So Nick, my pep boys guy, goes out to my car, checks the dipstick, and looks at me like I'm a complete and total moron who is literally foaming at the mouth before his very eyes. Meanwhile I'm standing there, emailing away on my Blackberry.....
He says, "Well, yes... An oil change would have been the right thing to do - if you had any oil whatsoever in your car." Yup. Not a drop of oil in my car. If that isn't embarassing enough, he continues to say, "By the way. That's a nice Blackberry. Perhaps next time, you should use it to google a Jiffy Lube."
Ehem.
06-10-08 11:34 AM - Nope, no oil leak..... There are never any spots under my car. "Nick" said that it probably was burning oil in the engine. BUT... I haven't had an oil change since before January, and it's a million degrees here so this is just my fault for being a dumb blonde.Yikes, either your car has an oil leak...
Or it's burning the oil in the engine. This can be caused by bad piston rings sometimes.
Dm
06-10-08 12:30 PM - By E-Mail?
Not quite - everytime you start the car, the countdown shows. It computes the mileage and how the car has been driven. For instance, the countdown will change more rapidly on days that I push the rpm's!
Jenaywins - I live in Northwest Phoenix - have PepBoys check your battery too - soon the heat will be killing all of our AZ batteries ...06-10-08 12:49 PM - By the time I realized I had no oil, I needed a new engine.... or maybe I needed the new engine casue I had no oil.
Since my car is no longer brand new, it usually cost me a pretty penny when I get stuff done. I'm one of those people that goes for the complete tune up, brakes, tires..... everything I need, all in one day. My mechanic loves to see me coming.06-10-08 06:28 PM - Ack!! I feel lucky. Didn't your car make any weird noises or let you know that you had no oil?? My poor car was tryin' to tell me for like a month.By the time I realized I had no oil, I needed a new engine.... or maybe I needed the new engine casue I had no oil.
Since my car is no longer brand new, it usually cost me a pretty penny when I get stuff done. I'm one of those people that goes for the complete tune up, brakes, tires..... everything I need, all in one day. My mechanic loves to see me coming.
06-10-08 06:35 PM
