lilativan

Hi,

So I've had my '04 IS 300 for a little over a year and have put about 10,000 miles on it and had 2 oil changes every 5k. In between those oil changes my oil was never low so after this last oil changed I irresponsibly slacked on checking it until today and it was almost bone dry. I added 3 quarts of Mobil 1 5W-30 checking as I went, and it seemed to be at the very top of the OK level. I got home and rechecked it and it is WAY above that now. So what do I do? I ruin everything.

Thanks

1997Soarer

iTrader: (1)

Drain and fill your oil. You don't need to change your filter if it's not due but you need to drain some oil so you might as well just drain it all and refill

lilativan

update:

so it looks i've had an oil leak for however long. Like I said, 3,000 miles or so after my last oil change, I checked it one day, and it was under the low line first and then bone dry the second check. I was only able to add 2.5 quarts of Mobil 1 5W-30 Full Synthetic until it hit the top of the OK area. My car is running smooth, no problems I can notice save for the car being a little creaky but nothing that's coming from the engine directly. I'm getting my leak fixed on Friday but as it stands the leak is pretty bad.

What are the odds I royally screwed up my engine? Should I just relax? There's nothing I can do now obviously but am wondering if I need to start saving up money for another car? ****.