Q: car burning too much oil and can't find where it's going
I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AT PEP BOYS THEY TOLD ME CANNOT GET A CHANGE CAUSE THERE IS NO OIL IN THE CAR. I TOLD THEM I PUT 4 QUARTS IN 2 WKS BEFORE I CAME. THEY PUT 4 QTS IN IT AND TOLD ME TO DRIVE IT FOR A FEW DAYS AND CK IT - I DROVE IT FOR 3 DAYS CHECKED IT AND NO OIL - PUT 2 QTS IN AND THE NEXT WK GOT AN OIL CHANGE AT JIFFY LUBE ON SATURDAY - CK OIL SUNDAY - THERE WAS OIL ON THE STICK DROVE THE CAR ONE WK -- NO OIL AT ALL. NOTHING IN MY DRIVEWAY - NO OIL TRAIL ANYWHERE - I HAD TO PUT 2 QUARTS IN AGAIN JUST TO GET HOME I WAS ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY. WHERE IS THE OIL GOING - MY ENGINE SOUNDS GOOD LIKE THERE IS NO PROBLEM - NO OIL LIGHT COMES ON OR ANYTHING. WHAT IS GOING ON.
My car has 13158 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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