Back to school...

[SkylineNXS]

So its once again time to return to college aget a 4 month summer....so i pakced up all my stuff including all of my room, new tv, and all my tools and some stuff other stuff, too bad i forgot to snap a pic. I was drivin down and about 2 hrs in the engine seemed to be loosin power, it wouldnt be able to stay in overdrive goin 65...so i get to a gas station and stop, pop the hood, and its knocking like no other, the temps irregularly high, and most of the rad fluid is gone. So i check the oil first, turns out theres not even enough in it to hit the dipstick. So i go in, byuy two quarts, throw it in, and still its not hitting the dipstick, throw in another, and finally it gets to the add 1 qt line, so i proceed to add another to bring it to full. If i remember correctly, these take 5 -6 qts on an oil change, so i was runnin about 1 - 2 qts instead of 5 or 6 for god knows how long. So lesson learned here, always change ur oil at around 3000 miles, and always check the level b4 long trips...

Sry for the length, just my rant...saying farewell to summer...

BRAD

[Walts_restoration]

personaly, id try figuring out where all that oil went lol

[SkylineNXS]

Yea that was one of the problems, no oil on the ground the whole time ive had it, no residue on the back of the truck ever...i figured maybe it was in there so long and broke down and maybe burned up, or i have a major blow by problem, but the exhaust is not smokey or anything like that. When i took off the oil fill cap the first time it was a bit smokey, so im thinkin maybe it burned, but i still find that hard to believe...goin to get oil and filter today and doin a real oil change, so we'll see what happens to that oil...ol

BRAD

[old Rusty C10]

years back when my ex and i were splitting up i decided to not be nice anymore and i stopped doing the maintenance on her car. Shes so stupid she wouldnt know what to do anyway when it comes to maintenance so she drove the car about 12000 miles and the same thing happened to her no oil in the motor and the idiot lite came on and she had our son change the oil and the problem went away until she drove another six months.. this time tho she blew a hole in the side of the motor LOL anyway what im trying to say here is if you are overdue for an oil change youd have to be way overdue for it to burn out like that... Ive gone 4500 miles once before i got to doing an oil change on a motor with 140K on it and she still didnt burn any oil

[piecesparts]

Originally Posted by SkylineNXS

So its once again time to return to college aget a 4 month summer....so i pakced up all my stuff including all of my room, new tv, and all my tools and some stuff other stuff, too bad i forgot to snap a pic. I was drivin down and about 2 hrs in the engine seemed to be loosin power, it wouldnt be able to stay in overdrive goin 65...so i get to a gas station and stop, pop the hood, and its knocking like no other, the temps irregularly high, and most of the rad fluid is gone. So i check the oil first, turns out theres not even enough in it to hit the dipstick. So i go in, byuy two quarts, throw it in, and still its not hitting the dipstick, throw in another, and finally it gets to the add 1 qt line, so i proceed to add another to bring it to full. If i remember correctly, these take 5 -6 qts on an oil change, so i was runnin about 1 - 2 qts instead of 5 or 6 for god knows how long. So lesson learned here, always change ur oil at around 3000 miles, and always check the level b4 long trips...

Sry for the length, just my rant...saying farewell to summer...

BRAD

SO; ONE question---Did you really learn anything from this? If so, then college must be doing you some good.

[SkylineNXS]

Normally i do a good job about the oil and such, just havent had much time this summer, kept puttin it off. THe problem was i bought it and then never changed the oil, so i dont know what oil was even in it all summer...thats what i definatly learned, dont trust anybody else with the well being of ur vehicle...

BRAD

[jchav62]

Always pull the dipstick before a road trip... Heck, even old oil is better that no oil... Good luck in school!

[N2TRUX]

Good luck at school...