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      06-06-2010, 03:19 AM   #1
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NO!!!! my car is a piece of metal right now!! what a night

..so here it is.. my car is now sitting in the garage.. DEAD!... was driving around today fine... park for awhile at a friends.. and then started to head home.. everythig fine...till about halfway ..frinds house about 20 mins drive away.. so about hlf way.. notice the car started vibrating.. and idling weird ....keep going abit.. mind u its raining hard too... got to the next light n the car felt as if it were gona shut off... luckilyi was just pulling up to the garage when parked
opend the hood.. and ...OIL! EVERYWHERE!... look underneath the engine on the plastic piece that goes under the car.. isfilled with oil puddle.. look on the floor oileveywhere.. loot at the dip stick.. nothing no oilleft at all...

FML! what a night.. now gotta figure out what the hell happened..
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ noooooo!!!
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      06-06-2010, 03:26 AM   #2
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Wow, No burning oil smell?
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      06-06-2010, 10:25 AM   #3
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yea there was burning oil smell..
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      06-06-2010, 06:11 PM   #4
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so far.. seems to be an old oil sending unit..but we'll see once get to the dealer tmw.
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      06-06-2010, 07:37 PM   #5
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Good luck. That's a real bummer to have happen. Let us know the cause and the outcome.
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      11-02-2010, 11:53 AM   #6
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so what ended up happening?
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      11-22-2010, 05:45 PM   #7
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.,..

one of the oil lines had a leak.. 800$ job .. dealer covered it.
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      12-18-2010, 09:43 PM   #8
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Is this a common problem?
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      12-19-2010, 12:50 AM   #9
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Never heard of it before.
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      12-19-2010, 02:15 AM   #10
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      12-19-2010, 09:02 AM   #11
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How far/long did you drive with low/no oil? What do you drive?
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