honda1998civic

hi,
ok... my gf went was on my drive way and backed up and went over a huge curb.. it hit two times really hard.. i looked under car and didnt see anything leaking.. so i said its good... then she was driving out of town about 70 mph and then her oil light came on... then it came off.. then it stood on... so she drove like 7 more miles than as she was turning her car shutoff before she tried to throw it into 2nd gear... then she turned it on while her uncle came to look at car with her... oil light came off.. then she drove into a parking lot.... then it came on... her uncle looked under the car and there was oil everywhere.... what could this be from? maybe the pan? dunno.... he checked oil dipstick and it was good... then they went just in case to get some oil and oil light came on again after it had came off... then it came off again so she tried to drive home... as she was driving it started knocking... so she pulled over... the car was pulled home...Please any suggesions or opinions are well apreciated... thanks

93HybridCX

:eek3: you better start looking for a motor if the oil light was on and it started knocking.

supermac88

you're screwed swap time hommie

cobbcustomz

:wavey: old Motor









:wavey: new motor

definately not good if there was oil everywhere underneith the car.

WideBodyEK

there is probably a hole in the pan,...or she ripped it off to where it isnt sealed properly

honda1998civic

what is rod bearing? the Mechanic said that this is wrong with it. where is the rod bearing? can some one brief me on this?

westcoaststyle

I'm sorry dude, but that's got to be the stupidest thing I've ever read. Why would you drive your car for another foot if your oil light is on?

I can do nothing but sit here and shake my head. They should have people take a driving test along with an idiot test because, after all, that light is also referred to as the idiot light.

Not trying to flame, but dam... :uhhok:



this is a rod bearing. It goes between your rod and your crank shaft so that oil can get between these two parts to lubricate them and also so that if one wears out, you don't have to completely replace the rod or the crank (depending on how jacked something is).

SRT_Andy

How the hell drives their car after you KNOW that it has oil all over the place and the OIL LIGHT has came on?? Geez man, are people born with ANY common sense these days?? WTF?!?

19.3secS2K

don't drive over curbs? :dunno:

oh wait, don't let women drive! :chuckles:

TeHJuSTiN

I changed mine after my oil light came on for the first time (it only did it on hard left turns).

If she messed up the rod bearing by hitting a curb then she needs to get her drivers license revoked. Until you said that was the problem, I thought you'd just need a new oil pan, maybe just a new plug bolt.