Hi all - looking for any advice or guidance from the car-knowledgeable on here. Had a wonderfully fun start to the day with some tapping sounds from our Toyota Verso engine. The car, it turns out, has no oil in it but no leaks or oil has been seen on our drive (it’s always parked in the same place).

I quickly bought a litre of oil and sent the wife off on her way while I got the later train. She’s going to take it to Halfords near her work and get the full 4.5lts loaded.

She is naturally now talking of new cars and how to get rid of this one.

The car is 11 years old and at around 95,000 miles so has had a good life. I was wondering if this is “ok” to lose oil - I spouted some probable nonsense around oil getting into the combustion via worn piston rings but would happily update her with some actual facts!

Am I miles off or is there weight to her argument that a new car is needed? <sigh!>


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk