I had oil changed in my car two week ago.
I drove about 1500 miles. Two days later I found that I lost all my motor oil.
It is empty.
What could be wrong?
Please advise.
Brij

WAG - oil plug was not put back tight enough.
I have a 93 and lately had to replace the front and rear seals because they had started to leak - after over 330K.

I had oil changed in my car two week ago.
I drove about 1500 miles. Two days later I found that I lost all my motor oil.
It is empty.
What could be wrong?
Please advise.
Brij

posibility #1 -- oil plug wasnt tight enough.
-- somehow leaking.

posibility #2 -- engine is eating/burning the oil.

other than that...i dont know.

its the plug no way its burning oil hondas never do! heh jk

gonna need a new crush gasket on the drain plug. should be replaced on every oil change.

oh yea on more, when done with repair if still losing oil. uprade to a heavier weight.

Snoopin around

Do you have an automatic??

I sorta knew a guy who had a bronco and he was an idiot. He payed his friend (also an idiot) 10 bucks to change his oil.

His friend procedes to dropped the engine oil but dumps the new oil into the tranny dipstick. The engine lasted longer then the tranny but still needed to replaced from bearing wear(No oil will do that) :p

You'd be surprised how stupid people are. You'd be even more surprised when you watch the aftermath of a stupid person doing something they know they shouldn't be doing!

I had a similar problem. Two days after an oil change, the car seized up. It seems that the front timing seal blew out, all the oil leaked out causing the timing belt to jump and a number of other problems. After talking with a couple different mechanics, this happens when the wrong grade of oil is used. Alton's (who I will not be frequenting again) put in 10W30 which apparently is too thick, and the recommend grade is 5W30. When the weather becomes quite cold, the thick oil pops the seal right off.

Did any of your seals blow? Has anyone else heard of this or experienced this?

I had a similar problem. Two days after an oil change, the car seized up. It seems that the front timing seal blew out, all the oil leaked out causing the timing belt to jump and a number of other problems. After talking with a couple different mechanics, this happens when the wrong grade of oil is used. Alton's (who I will not be frequenting again) put in 10W30 which apparently is too thick, and the recommend grade is 5W30. When the weather becomes quite cold, the thick oil pops the seal right off.

Did any of your seals blow? Has anyone else heard of this or experienced this?


I definately would not go back to that mechanic. I have heard my share of bull#%it answers before and that one seems to be right up there. Sure the book recommends 5w30 but 10w30 will not make a significant difference on an older car with quite a bit of engine wear.