Q: Engine oil capacity

asked by on January 06, 2018

In the past my car had no oil in the engine and I asked the AuotZone attendants for advice on what I need to do and he suggested that I needed to put 2 qrts of oil and 2 qrts of lubricant, now it has very low oil, could this be the reason why my car is not starting?

My car has 77000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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