Hi, I was driving today and I noticed my oil light started blinking. I pulled over, and checked the dipstick to find it empty. Of course then I added oil and the light doesn't come on, but what would cause my oil to empty out like that? I changed the oil a while ago so I don't think it's due to a loose drain plug or filter.

Any help would be appreciated...

 

Hard driving.

 

What he said. High revving engines do burn oil
http://www.speedvision.com/pub/artic...1/010822a.html

 

Only problem is that I don't have a Type-R, just a LS. I post in the ITR forum because alot of knowledgeable people are here so I just need to find out what's wrong.

I have 96k on the car, and I went through 4 quarts in little more than half a year. The only thing that has happned to my car recently is a severe overheating due to a cracked radiator. Could that have damaged some gasket/seals?

 

How many miles did you go through in that half year period?

 

I'm guessing less than 6 thousand miles or so.

 

say goodbye to your crankshaft bearings... that motor needs to be rebuilt... ill give it 3 thousand more miles before it ***** itself.

 

WOrst case scenario.... give the guy some peace of mind... it might be ok....

 

sorry i just get so excited... as soon as your oil light turns on you should of turned the light off, that happened to me once in my 84 rex, and i blew a headgasket, scarred a sleeve, fucked up a piston... killed the mains... poor car...

and i had a friend have this happen to his si out of nowhere, and his was fully maint'ed...

 

Just compression tested it with a sears tester.

Got 175 165 175 175. That should be okay right? This is on a LS...

 

just becuase the dipstick is dry doesnt mean the engine is dry of oil... you should add in a quart and then check it.. then use halfs or so until it reads normal.

your comp numbers are fine

 

Oops I forgot to mention that 2 quarts brought me back up to full. So I went through two quarts in about 6 months... still doesn't sound right at all. I put probally about 5-6k on the car since the last oil change.

 

sounds ok to me!!! Have you tried a high weight oiL or synthetics??

tj

 

1 quart every 3K miles is "normal". But you should check it every so often. Once you go low, you are potentially causing serious engine damage.