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1998 VW Passat Oil Emergency
Hey All...
I have been searching the site for a little while and not really found what I am looking for. Earlier today, I was driving on the highway when the oil light flashed and sounded the alarm and the car lost power. I pulled over within seconds and turned off the motor. Yes, the car is overdue for an oil change, so mea culpa. I checked the dipstick to find the oil level WAY below the fill line. I phoned a friend and he arrived shortly thereafter with a couple quarts. The car never overheated. We added 2.5 quarts and let the car sit for a few minutes. I tried starting, but nothing happened. Belts turned, and it made the sound like it wanted to start. I had to call for a tow and the driver said that the engine sounds like it has no compression. He said that it might be a blown timing belt, but I replaced it last year and I am told that the damage would be catastrophic if that happened. I think that I may have added too much oil. Any thoughts? I would like to head into the repair shop tomorrow armed with a least a working theory that is backed up by people who really know. It is a 1998 VW 1.8T with 109k mostly highway miles. Other than this last lapse (I work three jobs and travel a lot) I have babied her and been really regular with maintenance. I would appreciate any advice you can provide. Thanks, FrankP |
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1998 VW Passat Oil Emergency
"FrankP" <u25934@uwe> wrote in message news:6585d4bb3161e@uwe...
> Hey All... > > I have been searching the site for a little while and not really found what I > am looking for. Earlier today, I was driving on the highway when the oil > light flashed and sounded the alarm and the car lost power. I pulled over > within seconds and turned off the motor. Yes, the car is overdue for an oil > change, so mea culpa. I checked the dipstick to find the oil level WAY below > the fill line. I phoned a friend and he arrived shortly thereafter with a > couple quarts. The car never overheated. > > ......My '77 bug has never lost any oil or coolant and has never let me down except for the one time when it was going too fast in Indiana while I was driving it home to NY from Colorado. Cost me about $100 I think for the speeding fine. |
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1998 VW Passat Oil Emergency
FrankP wrote:
> Hey All... > > I have been searching the site for a little while and not really found what I > am looking for. You even admit searching this newsgroup?? You should have figured out that this group is for AIRCOOLED volkswagens. Yours is WATERCOOLED. Go to the watercooled group PLEASE. Jan |
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