Originally Posted By: CassTyson
If this has been asked and answered, forgive me and link to the answer, please.
But after having an oil change yesterday on my 2014 Town & Country (40k mikes), we hit the road for a 2-1/2 hour drive. Halfway there, going 70 or so on the freeway, the car went into limp mode and the oil light and check engine light went on. We limped to a gas station and checked the oil. The dipstick was dry.
I added 4 qts and that put it just at the safe zone on the dipstick. We then limped to a garage, and the mechanic said it was leaking around the oil filter cap. He replaced the filter and the o-ring under the cap, then topped it off with not quite another quart.
A friend tells me if you drive a car with no oil pressure more than a couple of miles, the crankshaft bearings are most likely shot and we're looking at major engine work.
True? Not true? How to know? Recommendations?
TIA
CassTyson, your van has the new 3.6L Chrysler Pentastar motor. The good news is, it has 6 quarts of oil in it, you only had to add a little over 4 qts., so, you are probably ok, probably.. I have a 2013 Dodge GC. My motor uses no oil between changes. You should keep an eye on it. Any amount of oil use might indicate a problem. Hopefully, 2 qts of oil was enough to save it.
It it were me, I would be all over the oil change place. That is just inexcusable. Good luck, Feel free to pm me if I can be of help.
Now then, 2 pages of posts and only 2 people correctly identified the engine and the problem. 2 PAGES of irrelevant posts by people who have no experience with Chrysler products, recalling personal experiences about some other cars that don't relate to the op's situation. How is the op supposed to find some bit of useful info in all that crud? It would be so nice not to have to read through all that verbal diarrhea. If you can't contribute to the discussion, please don't.
