Q: Engine blew out
My dealer wants to void my warrenty because I had done an oil change with oil express. I was able to put 1200 miles in it before the engine started to make a knocking noise. Is there another possibility that it was not from oil starvation?
My car has 21000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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