R.I.P.arts

It was a 1996 which led a very hard life. It's first 45,000 miles were under the care of my 90% deaf grandmother who had a tendency to accidently leave it idling for days on end. For 20,000 more miles I did my best to improve it's condition but two days ago a main bearing failed and brought an end to its suffering and mine. It now sounds like a train wreck in progress and won't exceed 5 mph. I towed it home and plan to donate it for the tax write off.

Word of advice to all who will hear (don't learn the hard way): If the oil light comes on at idle you will not have enough oil pressure to properly lubricate the moving parts of your engine even though the light goes out at higher rpm. I'm hopefully preaching to the choir.

I knew it was wrong to ignore the problem but fixing it would've cost more than the car was worth.

I am happy with my new Toyota.

Thanks to those of you who helped me troubleshoot other nonrelated issues in the past.

Sorry to hear about that. Yes, you can't ignore oil pressure. It's kinda like sayin' "Well, my heart stopped, I guess I'll walk to the emergency room..." I'm sure you will have good luck with the Toyota, they are great cars. You make a great point about never knowing what a used car has been put through. Good luck with the new car!!