I own a 2005 corolla CE manual and a year ago (approximately 10000 miles ago) while driving it on the highway the oil light came up, when I noticed it I drove to the next parking lot and pulled over; the engine temperature didn’t seem affected (at least 10 miles of driving and going 65 mph without o…

Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do short of a total teardown to assess how much damage was done. It’s virtually guaranteed that as a minimum you’ve shortened the engine’s life. No engine can survive 10 miles on the highway without some damage to the bearings, crank, and the valvetrain (read:…

Yeah, I’ve talked to a few mechanically inclined people and they said the same, short of tearing it apart there is nothing I can do. One told me to look for exhaust with a blue color since it would indicate metal parts being worn down. saying it was the oil change place to begin with would have been…

You are the luckiest guy on the planet (to still be using the sme engine after 10 miles with no oil). Nothing you can do now. It does pain me that mechanics (we come in all flavors) are still promoting the advantages of Slick 50. The product sounded good but did not deliver as promised.

Few people get to drive 10 miles staring at an “OIL” light. 7 is the usual number when things grind to a halt. At this point, it’s impossible to evaluate how much damage was done. Time will tell…

Off topic, didn;t Dupont some years back make them stop using the word Teflon to describe the PTFE additive?

“I took it to the shop where I had the oil changed and they too said it was fine.” I am not surprised, are you? Was this a quick oil change place? They have problems with doing the simple oil change properly.

When the oil light comes on that indicates you have little to zero oil pressure and the oil is no longer circulating around the motor. At this point you need to stop running the motor ASAP. According to your post you drove another 10 miles at 65 mph after the light came on. If this is true you ar…

Thanks for the advice… So I had it checked today by another car shop, (the cylinder compression ratios were 190, 195 195 190… ) and they said it was fine, the oil that they drained was fine, and that it sounded good too (could be my imagination trying to pick up noises, as it’s obvious from my dilem…

“I don’t add oil between oil changes” Do you mean that the car has never needed oil between changes, or that you choose not to add oil between changes, even if the oil level is low? I am asking this question because of your admitted sparse knowledge about cars. Anyway, in the wake of this “no oi…

Running car without oil

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Whitey August 7, 2009, 7:36pm 2

Maybe you should have a compression test performed, but even if you find damage, what then? The shop that changed the oil has been absolved of liability because you drove at least an additional 10 miles at 65 MPH after you saw the oil light. When you see the oil light, you are supposed to pull over, no matter where you are, and shut off the engine.

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