ninety6bimmer
01-10-2008, 01:27 AM
thats how low my car was on oil! i just bought it a few days ago and the guy had mentioned it was just about due for an oil change, and i figured i would do it tomorrow when i get paid. i started hearing a ticking sound on my way to work today and it got horrible, almost deisel sounding by the time i got home from work today, so i was totally freaking out. i went to check the oil before i started changing it and about hit the floor when i saw that it didnt even register on the stick it was so low!! i wasted the extra oil before i changed it pouring it in half a quart at a time and checking, and you guessed it, 2 and 1/2 quarts i poured in till it was at the point it should always be at! so needless to say i am more then pissed at the guy who sold it to me and he will be hearing exactly how i feel about it as soon as he answers one of my calls. but i changed the oil and filter and let it run for about a minute and the sound went away once the oil had a chance to run its way through the engine. so all in all atleast its back to its purrring self and not ticking or tapping. but is there anything i should look out for in the near future, considering it had been low so long before i bough it. he didnt seem like a guy who would have beaten on it at all