If this long OCI had really caused a problem, wouldn't the "idiot lights" have came on? Particularly the Oil Pressure light(s)? Just curious....I know most cars have either an oil pressure gauge, or a light, that'll emit if something "bad" is going on with the engine; be it low oil level, blocked oil pump, bad oil pump, etc....but then again, the oil light sensors can probably go bad too
I wonder this all the time, I got a co-worker who also has a side job as a Lube Tech at a local Walmart TLE, and he says at LEAST once a day, they'll have a car come in with a low oil level on the dipstick....err, I mean, "low" is an understatement, I mean a "dry" dipstick level....
My question to him out of curiosity is what makes the people come in and get the oil changed? Is it the oil light that goes off, telling them to come in? Or perhaps the oil light didn't even go off, and they just decided, "oh it's been a while, i better go get an oil change" - but really, they don't have that much interation with the customers face to face, as most come in, in a rush, sign up for their oil change, then off to the "Walmart Free Lunch Line" at the Deli, where they grab some potato wedges, mac and cheese, and some cheese sticks, and walk around pretending to shop while there car is being serviced, once their name is called over the P.A., they mow down the food, trash the containers, and off to go pay for their oil change.
In and out, generally within a half hour.
Sure, they get some "concerned" customers, who will then scoff at it, "what? My car isn't low on oil! you got the wrong car?!" lol. typically older fellas
