ran out of oil.

[ryanruggles at uniserve.com (Ryan Ruggles)]

One mile is great but I drove 90 Km's!!!!!  The p.o. must have disconected
the warning light.  I do have a gauge though.  One one day I didn;t look at
it :(
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean@mindspring.com>
To: "Ryan Ruggles" <ryanruggles@uniserve.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: ran out of oil.


> David <mr.utility@highstream.net> wrote:
> > I can only guess that with less oil circulating, the oil cooked
> > itself, coked up the passages a bit...
>
> A big reason to switch to full synthetic oil, if you haven't done
> so already, is that it works better under extreme heat conditions.
> I've had the oil hoses on my Audi 200 Turbo Quattro blow out
> 3 times (don't ask), spilling oil all over the place. The 2nd time
> I drove a mile to my home with the oil pressure light shining
> brightly.  The engine is still running fine at 230K miles. I credit
> the Mobil 1.
>
> Kent
>
>
>