I flew down to Raleigh-Durham last week on a 3 day trip to take care of some business. I rented a sub-compact since I was only going from the airport to the hotel and would be spending some time in the city (parking consideration).
I ended up with a Chevy Sonic with the 1.4 turbo (I almost asked for something different for the sake of variety since I have this engine in my Cruze but I decided to keep it to see if it felt different in the lighter car.
I drive about 7 miles from the airport when I smell burning and then see smoke coming from the engine compartment...I pull over asap (less than a mile) and shut it down. When I opened the hood I see oil everywhere and notice that it came from the oil filter housing.
Apparently they had just changed the oil and either didn't tighten the housing enough or forgot to put the o-ring in place...(I believe this since the oil was nearly colorless on a 20K vehicle and my oil darkens quickly) When I pulled out the dipstick it appeared to have some oil left (maybe a quart) and the 'oil light' never came on. I called the rental agency who came and picked me up and an hour later I was on my way in a Nissan...
Somebody will buy this vehicle down the road never knowing that it ran (for a short time) with only about a quart of oil in it's sump. Do you think there will be any long term problems?
PS: It never went into boost as I was only doing about 40 mph max. so I doubt the turbo suffered.
PS2: The Sonic is 'peppier' than the heavier Cruze.
I ended up with a Chevy Sonic with the 1.4 turbo (I almost asked for something different for the sake of variety since I have this engine in my Cruze but I decided to keep it to see if it felt different in the lighter car.
I drive about 7 miles from the airport when I smell burning and then see smoke coming from the engine compartment...I pull over asap (less than a mile) and shut it down. When I opened the hood I see oil everywhere and notice that it came from the oil filter housing.
Apparently they had just changed the oil and either didn't tighten the housing enough or forgot to put the o-ring in place...(I believe this since the oil was nearly colorless on a 20K vehicle and my oil darkens quickly) When I pulled out the dipstick it appeared to have some oil left (maybe a quart) and the 'oil light' never came on. I called the rental agency who came and picked me up and an hour later I was on my way in a Nissan...
Somebody will buy this vehicle down the road never knowing that it ran (for a short time) with only about a quart of oil in it's sump. Do you think there will be any long term problems?
PS: It never went into boost as I was only doing about 40 mph max. so I doubt the turbo suffered.
PS2: The Sonic is 'peppier' than the heavier Cruze.