Andrew Yuan Posted November 11 Share Posted November 11 So I finished my drive today and realized I lost close to 2 quarts of oil over the past 500 miles or so. Felt pretty bad abt it, first question is will that be a problem? The oil change was 1500 miles ago. The oil was clean not glittery. The car only is smokey on startup and doesn't blow smoke when it warms up. Only very mildly when I push it to the red line which I don't often do and doesn't seem to be that critical. The engine probably leaks a coin sized oil drop every month. The radiator is clean and not oily. It just doesn't adds up how I lost so much oil over so little time. I have noticed on this drive the oil pressure gauge seemingly has died. And had a bad connection. As it came back to life but the reading always was low. I believe it's a separate issue as I know the sender is always known to go bad. After that died, I have been checking under the oil cap and the cam seems to be well lubricated with oil sprayed on top constantly. Anyone have any idea what could be happening? The one thing I haven't done is a compression test but I'm always too afraid to do it. The engine runs really fine, plenty powerful, not shaky, absolutely no sign of it running rough or missing cylinder. The water temperature has been rock solid, there hasn't been any weird noises as far as I know, maybe a mild top end ticking noise but it could be me being hypersensitive after noticing the oil being gone. I'm well truly bummed to what could have happened... If anyone have any tips, it'll be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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