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Originally Posted by Rush
The head gaskets are fine and I'll check the coolant, but I thought I read on another thread here that the engine has to be warm to check the actual oil level?
Looking at it in retrospect, it lost maybe a quart, all at once. The car isn't dripping.
I probably shouldn't run it for twenty minutes just for that....
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You can check the oil cold, it may be a bit low, but again, hard to tell how much oil made it out of the engine and how much is left.
As warm as it is now, I might be inclined to start the engine, check for leaks and if no leaks, let it warm up a bit.
But the oil had to have come from somewhere, I do not know the V8 CCV system, but for oil to have come out something would have had to froze and split or cracked unless there was pressure built up and it sprayed out the top of the dipstick tube or blew out a valve cover gasket.
Do you have an idea where is came from?