[Grady]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Well, I reckon that's your call. Back in the day, the older engines were almost covered with oil. We didn't worry about it unless it started dripping, then we would just put a drip pan (old cookie pan) on the floor/ground under the drip. If the collection of drips got worse, we would just add a quart of oil from time to time.

That is how you knew there was oil in them. When they stoped leaking that meant there was no oil left in the engine.