Ack. Hopefully it's just a sensor problem and not actually that all of the oil was suddenly gone!
My Supra (I had a 1990 Supra Turbo that I bought with 150k miles on it and sold just shy of 200k... that poor baby) used to burn through oil and I'd have to add a quart fairly regularly. Fortunately, my dad is a HUGE car nut, so I'm just a cell call away from someone who can turn "remember to check your oil when you get gas!" into a 45 minute dissertation. ;) We do my oil changes together, though, which keeps my changes regular. The trick is that in modern cars, you don't need an oil change till every 5k miles, rather than the old 3k. So it's really easy to make note of when to change your oil if you get in the cycle of even numbers--I'm coming up on 30k, and thus, the next oil change!
Also per my dad's training, I keep one of those tiny notepads in my glove compartment and make note of things. ("9/10/08 - 25,000 miles - changed oil/filter." "12/2/08 - 28,000 miles - put on snow tires, added 1/2 quart 5W-30. Ran fuel injector cleaner with tank of gas." etc) That way if you are as prone to forgetfulness as I am (and/or drive as infrequently as I do) you always have a log of what's been done, so you can note if something hasn't been done in a while, or if there was recently a weird noise, but now it's getting worse, etc.
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Date: 2009-03-11 02:49 pm (UTC)My Supra (I had a 1990 Supra Turbo that I bought with 150k miles on it and sold just shy of 200k... that poor baby) used to burn through oil and I'd have to add a quart fairly regularly. Fortunately, my dad is a HUGE car nut, so I'm just a cell call away from someone who can turn "remember to check your oil when you get gas!" into a 45 minute dissertation. ;) We do my oil changes together, though, which keeps my changes regular. The trick is that in modern cars, you don't need an oil change till every 5k miles, rather than the old 3k. So it's really easy to make note of when to change your oil if you get in the cycle of even numbers--I'm coming up on 30k, and thus, the next oil change!
Also per my dad's training, I keep one of those tiny notepads in my glove compartment and make note of things. ("9/10/08 - 25,000 miles - changed oil/filter." "12/2/08 - 28,000 miles - put on snow tires, added 1/2 quart 5W-30. Ran fuel injector cleaner with tank of gas." etc) That way if you are as prone to forgetfulness as I am (and/or drive as infrequently as I do) you always have a log of what's been done, so you can note if something hasn't been done in a while, or if there was recently a weird noise, but now it's getting worse, etc.