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Help needed guy's,

On August 1st i seviced my car,15'000 miles service,27 days down the line and with 900 miles after service,i checked the oil and there want even a drop in there!!

What's gone wrong??

Will my warranty cover this?

How can i find out what the fault is?

Please help.

greasemonkey

What do you mean by "not a drop" of oil? None on the dipstick, or you've drained the sump and hardly found any? (Big difference between these two extremes!).

If you've lost a hell of a lot, first thing you have to do is find out where it's going. Assuming you changed the oil at 15K, have you ruled out a leaking sump plug or oil filter?

If there's something wrong with the engine and you've been servicing the car yourself, you may have trouble with the warranty, but that's a bridge that can only be crossed when the fault is found. However, before you get to that stage, you've got to rule out leaks...

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Im sorry i meant to say that when i checked the oil on a dipstick,there wasnt any there!

Subaru serviced my car,so am i still covered?

greasemonkey

Yes, if a Subaru dealer serviced your car, your warranty is fine, and if they did anything wrong at the time, they'll also have to make good. The way you worded your original post, it sounded like you'd done the service yourself!

You could leave it overnight with some newspaper underneath to see if you can spot oil drips, but if it's right off the bottom of the dipstick already, I'd suggest taking it back to the garage.

It's probably just a loose filter or sump plug, but either way, you don't want to be driving it with an unknown quantity of oil in it, and you need to make the garage aware of what's happened just in case the level has dropped dangerously low...

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Ive just spoken to the garage,

Theyve said to check it after it's been stood overnight and see what happens.

Thanks for your help/time and comments.

Z.

greasemonkey

No worries, let us know how it turns out!

BTW, surely engines drink oil, rather than eat it?!

The Zohan

Greasemonkey is correct
Your car 'eats' tyres and brake pads

It 'drinks' oil.

Do check your oil on a flat surface after the car has been stood for at least an hour, overnight is good. If it still does not register call the garage and ask them what theyt reccommend you do, drive it as it is, fill it up before moving off or what. Put it in writing to thhe service manager and General manager if this is a problem and keep a copy.

[Edited by Paul Habgood - 8/27/2003 6:26:22 PM]

[Edited by Paul Habgood - 8/27/2003 6:26:59 PM]

JIM THEO

I agree with Paul but it's probably OK cause most of the people check oil levels at once when turn off the engine, unfortunately WRXs need more than 15-20min otherwise you take no oil or "L" mark in your dipstick.
JIM

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THANKS FOR THAT PEOPLE!