Bre'r Kurt Weiske wrote about RE:What you don't want to hear your wife   
   say... to Bre'r All:   
      
    KW> "Isn't the car supposed to tell you when it needs oil? My last one   
    KW> did..."   
      
   Uh Oh!   
      
    KW> Her Subaru Outback lit the MIL. I plugged my OBD reader and got a   
    KW> code about insufficient oil pressure. Check the oil, and there was   
    KW> NONE.   
      
   8^) Typical. Sounds very familiar.   
      
    KW> I suggested she drive it immediately to the local oil changers, and   
    KW> she said she was taking it in to the dealer on Monday and wasn't   
    KW> driving it.   
      
   Never give a woman sound advice...they ignore it too.   
      
    KW> Sunday, I get a call from her - the car died on the road while she   
    KW> was driving to TARGET.   
      
   They change oil there?   
      
    KW> It passed their tests OK, don't think she bored it out. $2900 for a   
    KW> valve adjustment, replacing a leaky oil pan and head gasket, and   
    KW> fingers crossed.   
      
   Even when you've drained all of the oil out of the pan, there is a residue   
   left in the bearings, perhaps the oil filter, etc...enough to drive it   
   some distance with little damage to the engine, maybe.   
      
            R\%/itt   
      
      
   ... What Would Roy Witt Do ? - Cato the Elder - SD-138722   
      
   --- Ya have ta ask yourself: What Would Roy Witt Do?   
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