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Originally Posted by Porsche
Did I read that correctly?
You were four quarts low on oil when you spun a rod bearing in January?
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From what the technician told me, that seems correct.
What I can't quite make out is which of these two is more accurate:
- The engine was burning oil and since #4 is the last bearing to be oiled, it spun due to low oil.
- Rod bearing #4 spun for whatever reason and since it is the last bearing, it caused an oil leak/burn.
Basically, was the oil burning the cause or an effect. I am fairly sure I only had about 2,000 miles on that oil change, so I can't imagine it would be low unless there was an issue.
What is interesting to me is... in 2013 with all this technology.. how does this car not sense something wrong throughout any of this? My 08 Civic Si would cry wolf anytime it went into limp mode because of a little mist on the intake. Here I am leaking oil like a sieve apparently, barely able to keep idle and the car says business as usual? Wild...
Not that I should have to, but I am making it a habit of checking my oil level whenever I fill up at that gas station.