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


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