Robin Frost
New member
Hi I am new to the forum as of 10 minutes ago,,
A couple of questions if I may...
Firstly I ran out of over 50% of my oil because I didn't secure the oil filter cap well enough, very silly.. This happened while driving home at midnight
I did think the engine sound was not quite as sweet as usual but assumed It was my imagination, ( i acquired the car only a week before) as I turned a corner quite sharply the oil light came on (more flashed on than came on ) so I immediately stopped the car,, there was nought showing on the dipstick.. I filled with 2 ltrs of oil as this was total quantity the service station I walked to had in stock.. This just got the level above the low oil fill mark... I assumed the car was burning oil at a rate, as I couldn't see an oil leak..the car started and sounded fine and I reached home 20 miles away shortly after.. The car sounded fine and no more oil light.. In the morning I checked the oil and it needed another 1 litre to reach the low oil level mark , this was when I discovered the leak..
Sorry for that long story but my questions are (1) though the engine sounds fine have I caused any engine damage..
(2) I now have 60% Valvolene syn XL lll C3 (correct oil)
And 40% Magnatec (stop start) C3 in my engine,, should I drain an refill with new Valvolene or is the mix OK.. Thanks for you time
A couple of questions if I may...
Firstly I ran out of over 50% of my oil because I didn't secure the oil filter cap well enough, very silly.. This happened while driving home at midnight
I did think the engine sound was not quite as sweet as usual but assumed It was my imagination, ( i acquired the car only a week before) as I turned a corner quite sharply the oil light came on (more flashed on than came on ) so I immediately stopped the car,, there was nought showing on the dipstick.. I filled with 2 ltrs of oil as this was total quantity the service station I walked to had in stock.. This just got the level above the low oil fill mark... I assumed the car was burning oil at a rate, as I couldn't see an oil leak..the car started and sounded fine and I reached home 20 miles away shortly after.. The car sounded fine and no more oil light.. In the morning I checked the oil and it needed another 1 litre to reach the low oil level mark , this was when I discovered the leak..
Sorry for that long story but my questions are (1) though the engine sounds fine have I caused any engine damage..
(2) I now have 60% Valvolene syn XL lll C3 (correct oil)
And 40% Magnatec (stop start) C3 in my engine,, should I drain an refill with new Valvolene or is the mix OK.. Thanks for you time