# Oil on engine

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-on-engine/131610>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 29, 2018, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-on-engine/131610 "2018-12-29T16:15:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![LisaOney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@LisaOney](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LisaOney)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-on-engine/131610/22 "2018-12-31T02:19:48Z")

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I appreciate the advice but I already made the trip home. Thankfully all went well. I plan to visit my mechanic tomorrow.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-on-engine/131610/23 "2018-12-31T02:20:29Z")

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good for you. having it double-checked by your mechanic sounds like a good plan

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/oil-on-engine/131610/24 "2018-12-31T02:38:29Z")

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> [@keith](#):
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> Never forgot the cap myself, but I did add 4 quarts for an oil change before I remembered that I hadn’t put the drain plug back in.

Heh heh. Never did it myself but watched my dad do it once. That was enough of a lesson. I always make sure I have extra oil and filters on hand just in case my memory fails me or I get a bad filter.

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