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Old 02-02-2005, 09:18 PM
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*NEED HELP* - Engine Oil Problem On 1993 Mercury Topaz

I'm new here, i saw that this was for cars and if people had any kinds of problems with theirs, they could come here n ask for help.

I'm wondering what is wrong with my car and i'll give you guys a quick layout on the basic details.

I got this car in October, it had 35,000 miles on it, paid 1800 for it.

It needed almost 400 dollars of repair work just after i got it, because of a broken speedometer and i needed 2 oxygen sensors put in.

After that, it was fine for the next couple of months, never gave me any problems til recently.

I had to get a new battery because the one i had was real weak and the car wasn't starting but once i got my reconditioned one, i began to have problems with my engine oil light.

I was coming home, about 2 weeks ago, the engine oil light came on and i figured ah no biggie, i can make it home, i only had a 5 min drive but once i got at the 4way stop close to home, the car just shut down on me.

Got it into this church parking lot, and i ended up gettin my friend to bring me 3 quarts of oil, put them in and drove home.

Bout a week later, just this past sunday, i went out to get my friend, and i was almost there, the light came on again, it was making a strange noise, like almost scratching, seemed like the car thinks the oil is low but it's full, according to the dipstick, it's a lil over full but that's beside the point.

I had to make several stops just so maybe the car could cool off and i could get home safely and once i got there, i didn't drive it for a few days.

I'm wondering, what is wrong with it? If it has enough oil, but the light comes on after i've been drivin a few miles, do i need an oil change or is it something more in depth that i don't know about?

Contact me on AIM Or MSN or Yahoo Messenger, cuz i'm online all the time, i'd really like to find out what i need to do so i can get it fixed.

Or just reply here, i'll be checking up.

Thanks Alot.
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