miss mk1 wrote:well i was supposed to be coming to donnington on sunday but decided after too much beer the day before that i couldnt face it
well i thought i best change the oil in the mr2 while i wasnt busy
- so i gets all the bits and drains the oil out
- and i couldnt believe it
- only 1 litre of oil came out of the engine!!!!!!
No wonder it was making a hideous grinding noise!!!
Needless to say the noise stopped when i put the new oil
(and correct amount back in)!!
Ive learnt my lesson
- to check the oil regularly, i thught the engine was on the way out- but it was something so simple
- i really hope i havent done and real damage!
One thing to check, if it isn't too late already, is to
(while wearing some protective gloves), run your hands through the oil which came out and see if it's still
'oily' or slightly
'gritty'.
That'll give you a really
(really) rough idea if you've managed to do any damage or not.
The second thing is to keep a close eye on it, now you've refilled it, is that the oil which was in there before must have gone somewhere, so check that you haven't got a leak anywhere
(camcovers, sump, distributor, oil filter etc) or that the engine is actually using oil.
Good job anyway, glad you've found it now, rather than on some journey somewhere.
