[Spridgets] Where's my Oil? No LBC, but auto related

[Jim Johnson]

MIke,

Your Harley is drinking it late at night when you can't see....    ;-)

Cheers!!
Jim

On 3/10/08, rrengineer at dslextreme.com <rrengineer at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>
>      I have a 2004 Honda Accord Coupe, 5 speed, 4 cylinder.  About 4 days
> ago I was comong home from work (63 miles) and 5 miles from home my
> oil light started blinking.  I pulled into a convenience store
> parking lot and found no oil on the dipstick.  It took 3 quarts to
> fill it back up!  I had to put in the wrong wt oil because the
> convenience store did not have 5W-20.  So, I immediately went to the
> Honda dealer near me and had the oil changed.  When it was on the
> lift I looked under the car.  It was bone dry under there.  No leaks
> from the drain plug or filter.  I had not changed the oil in about
> 7000 miles because I work 7 days a week and did not have a chance to.
>   Or, maybe I forgot.  Anyway even if you go 7000 miles on a car that
> has 72000 miles on it, the oil should be dark, not missing.  So now I
> have gone 3 round trips to work after the oil cjange and I am down
> more than half a quart!  Where could the oil be going?!?  It is not
> in the antifreeze or leaking and there is no blue smoke out the back.
>   I'm ready to do another oil change and sell it or trade it in.
>
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
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