Arab1970

Hi,

This morning I shocked when I found the engine oil was at "Add" level!!! I changed it on 26/7/2012, so it's new. Now I have 3 questions;

1- What are the possible problems?
2- Is it safe to drive with the engine oil level is at "Add"?
3- What shall I do when I found the problem?

Many thanks …..

odgreen

Step 1: add a quart of oil
Step 2: find a leak
Step 3: fix found leak
Step 4: party!

Eugene Jeep

FANTASTIC!!!!! Best response ever

rideordie66

Problem is oil leek/oil consumption. Can be due to oil leaking out of the motor from any number of places or oil being leaked into other systems of the engin.

Yes you can drive at the add leval but it is not best to make a habit of it.
Get a quart of something in there. I would use some Lucas oil stabilizer or some other additive. Make sure to double check on FLAT ground.

When you find where the oil is going, fix it. If you don't know how to fix it, ask someone.

Arab1970

Nice! But, what if it burns oil ??

rideordie66

Oh yea, then party!

rideordie66

If it burns oil then your rings are shot. It could also leek oil into the cooling system so check for milky coolant.

odgreen

If it burns oil you would see smoke out of the exhaust.... Then it's going to be way deeper that a "simple" fix. Rebuild time or new engine.

rideordie66

Blue smoke out the tail pipe is burning oil.

odgreen

This

Arab1970

thanks to all ... I'll try to check it this afternoon

rideordie66

Just wondering how many miles are on it? Motor size? Year, etc.

Arab1970

141742 miles
motor: 4.0
year: 2001

Firestorm500

When you changed the oil, how many quarts did you put back in?

racebum

lol was wondering this, can't help but think it was 5

leaking - burning a quart in a month would usually be something a guy would notice. there would be puffs of smoke or drips

if the op indeed added 5 quarts .......

well......