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Old 05-12-2011, 08:59 PM   #109 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by 11Thumper View Post
Very true, but you need to check every week for the first 10k miles on any car you buy. It's up to you to determine the oil usage baseline.

Oil pressure would not indicate low oil level. A Corolla will run forever with no oil maintenance but you can't expect a 332hp sports car to do the same thing.

If I could find a $20 hooker my life would be much better!
Oil pressure gauge will indicate low oil. No oil no pressure.
Years ago my dad had a '64 Mercedes that was drinking oil (1qt/50 miles). I didn't know this and was driving around one evening and everytime I would accelerate, the gauge would drop to nothing. I put two quarts in and still didn't show anything on the dipstick.
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