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Originally Posted by specblue02
Hi All - I had a similar issue happen to me last week as well. Thursday evening coming home from work I noticed something was wrong with the car (I commute 45m each way). When I got home the idle was extremely rough and with the hood open you could hear a clanking noise inside the engine as well. Didn't quite sound like what happened here but still loud engine noises. My dad checked the oil and it was on the low side and we put in roughly .5 quarts and it brought the level up to the middle between L & H. I researched and found the TSB on here. I started it up Friday morning just to see if maybe it was because it was hot from when I got home. Car started up but quickly died after about 15 seconds. I called the dealership and they recommended I tow it which I did. Should hear back tomorrow on what the issue is (I assume the TSB).
Disclosure - Car is 2010 (turns 2 tomorrow) with 46k miles (it's a DD with 90m a day for work). Luckily this happened inside my 60k powertrain if my engine has to be replaced.
Does anyone who had this issue thought about getting rid of your car after the fix? I commute a lot and will be out of powertrain by August and can't risk a 7k engine replacement if it were to happen again.
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After this I will simply just use Redline oil and check the oil levels a couple times a month. If I had known the VQ was notorious for having oil consumption issues then I would've checked the oil more often. I just assumed that because it was new that I could just do regular oil changes and be fine like every car I've owned in the past.