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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 01:33 AM
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Hey all. I've been away for awhile and no probs but suddenly today I got hit with two major issues. One was column lock which went away on it's own but the other thing that happened the same time was a low oil message. Then I looked under the car and there was a streak of oil on the driveway under passenger side of the engine near where the battery is.

I did a search and didn't see any threads discussing oil leaks in the area mine is. One thing to note is that I rarely drive it - maybe once a month. I drove it yesterday and I did get the oil error msg but I figured it was normal so put a quart in and so it mustve lost that entire quart between then and now.

What do you guys think?

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Sounds pretty major. Better look around underneath and see if you can tell where it's coming from.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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Did you get the oil light or the low oil message?

The low oil message indicates 1 qt low. the oil light indicates zero oil pressure (no oil or 5-6 quarts low).
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It wasn't the light. It was the error message.
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