Daughter's car

lacking_knowledge
Thu, 19 Mar 2015 06:34:46 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

This Sunday I had my daughters oil changed at a quick lube right before she left to return to college across state. I drove it .5 miles home from the oil change place. She and her two classmates made it not quite out of our subdivision before the car stopped. I noticed a spot of oil in the driveway (after it sitting for 90 min after the oil was changed) the size of a large dinner plate and a steady drip as she pulled out and away. When I got to the car 2-3 minutes after she broke down there was a steady stream of oil down the backside of the engine. It also was slow dripping oil out of the tailpipe. Within an hour there was. My guess is at least 3 quarts dumped out within minutes. I called the lube place and let them know about it. They went and looked at it while i drove the girls to catch another ride back to school. They called back and said there were no issues on their end. When i checked the dipstick after i got back to the car it read right at the full mark. The manager said i probably had broken the timing belt . The car will not start. Thank you for any amount of advice with this you can give me on what you think happened.
2000 Toyota Solara 190 k ran good. Minor oil leaks but not dripping

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