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STARR · 06-29-2009, 01:33 PM

Change the oil and check it, and see how much metal shavings come out, obviously this is more of a mental blow then anything cause who knows what real damage was done, the car shutting off was probably a fail safe mode, once oil pressure drops so low it's suppose to do that to prevent any engine damage, restarting it to pull off to the side of the road could not have added to any further damage, when it originally stalled you were probably doing 30+ mph, big difference in engine pressure.

As far as keeping an eye on the oil level, listening for anything and having another person drive behind you to see if your exhaust is now blue, you could even do a compression test, see how your rings are.

You mentioned you drive 3000 a month, so if anything is gonna pop up then you should notice it sooner then normal.

Good Luck, what happened sucks but it's not the end of the world

06-29-2009, 01:33 PM	#10
STARR Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NY iTrader: (1) Posts: 1,398	Change the oil and check it, and see how much metal shavings come out, obviously this is more of a mental blow then anything cause who knows what real damage was done, the car shutting off was probably a fail safe mode, once oil pressure drops so low it's suppose to do that to prevent any engine damage, restarting it to pull off to the side of the road could not have added to any further damage, when it originally stalled you were probably doing 30+ mph, big difference in engine pressure. As far as keeping an eye on the oil level, listening for anything and having another person drive behind you to see if your exhaust is now blue, you could even do a compression test, see how your rings are. You mentioned you drive 3000 a month, so if anything is gonna pop up then you should notice it sooner then normal. Good Luck, what happened sucks but it's not the end of the world __________________ 2009 SV Sport&Tech, Dark Slate 2006 SE Maxima, Onyx (traded) only FS by sponsors in sigs.