Q: Oil gauge issue

asked by on January 11, 2017

So I have a Yukon and the oil gage went down after I ran over something on the road. I put oil in it and 15 mins after putting oil in it, it went down again. What can I do? I was told I could lock the engine up.

My car has 78000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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