Q: Car hit a pointy dip and stabbed a hole which made all of the oil come out is this fixable?
My car hit a pointy dip at a high rate of speed causing the point to puncture a hole spilling out all of the car oil.
My car has 124887 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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