Questions tagged [low-oil]
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2016 Subaru Forester - gas and oil - aftermath of a long roadtrip
Before heading out on a 2+ week, 5000 road trip, I brought my 2016 Forester (50k miles at the time) in for new brakes, an oil change and an inspection for anything else that might need to be looked at....
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Is it possible I didn’t do any damage?
I am a complete moron when it comes to cars. I don’t maintain them as well as I should, and I can’t seem to consistently get my oil changed on time. I took my 2008 GMC Acadia in a couple weeks ago for ...
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Car barely starts - low oil? Too late to fix or not?
i think i have a probleem with my engine (Toyota Estima with 350.000km). It would not start, i just hear a single click. The battery is fine. I checked oil, and the oil is low. I tried starting the ...
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Mazda 6 (2004) won't start- cold temp, low oil, was unused for a week
I was out of town for a little over a week, while the weather has been below freezing. No access to indoor parking. Now that I've come back, the car won't start (no sound of the engine turning or ...
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VW Polo 1.4 TDI 2007 - not starting
I've searched all over the internet, but didn't find anything exact.
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I drive ~11km twice a working day on average.
I was dumb and didn't check oil regularly. One day driving back home a ...
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Does the Battery light mean Low Oil?
My battery light came on, my car seemed to lose power and cut off. Today I was told it was because the oil was low in the car so the computer was shutting down the engine to keep it from causing more ...
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Car won't start following burning smell, low oil
This is a 2011 Hyundai Sonata.
The car was running fine and I pulled into my friend's house and smelled something burning. I checked the oil and there was no oil so I put two quarts of oil and ...
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350z limp mode and low oil
My 350z went into limp mode while I was highway driving, and the check engine light came on. I noticed that the oil was nearly nonexistent, and added oil. The car still wouldn't get out of limp mode.
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