what a prat.....

for the last week my car has been running a bit sluggish... today while mark was round (supragold) sorting my amp & sub my daddy decided too check the oil & too his shock and disgust there was nothing at all in there:( have i done damage??? must have.... quickly got on the dog & bone to dave, he called me a c##t and sorted me out with oil (CHEERS MATEY) filled her up & now she is running 1000 times better, that will teach me to check the oil every week. ps thanks mark for sorting my amp & sub it's sounding great top man:)

yep, they tend to run better with oil

I'd agree with that

why don't an oil light come on then??

is there a bulb in it ? has it blown ?

does it come on when ignition on position 2

my mate done this with an mr2, completely shagged now.lol lucky escape if you ask me mate

all the lights on the dash are working?? o well it won't happen again, certainly faster now there is oil in it

Pillock! *grin*

all the lights on the dash are working?? o well it won't happen again, certainly faster now there is oil in it

Lights are on, but no-one is home??, just kidding...

Sounds very much like your telltales aren't working properly, when you turn to ignition you should get the red/yellow lights on the right hand side of the dash, if not, sounds like the solder joints are dry. Do a search...

You say-"nothing in there at all",if that means just below the dipstick level,then probably no damage done,if it means lower than that,then sadly loads of damage done,most of which wont be noticed for a few thousand miles:(

Nutter. Looks like a lucky escape there bud. Oil light would probably come on just under dipstick level, but worried about the lack of performance before you refilled her.

Hope it's ok for you.

Lucky to catch the problem before anything serious happened. Personally I would have it checked out to ensure nothing is damaged.

Simple check, drain the existing oil and check for metal particles (with a magnet?) in the oil.

Hope nobody remembers this thread when you come to sell your car

How much oil did it need to get up to the 'full' mark?

If it needed 1 litre then no probs perhaps, but if it needed over 3litres then you may have to wait and see if there is permanent damage.

Thats not a think you want to see when you look at the dipstick, hope everything is okay:)

why don't an oil light come on then??

Don't know about the supra, but my Audi warning light only comes on when it's really low.

I think it's suprising what you can get away with sometimes. I got to Pod once in the Audi and found the oil cooler had fractured, mixing coolant into the oil. I drive home (70 mls) with custard as lubricant, half expected it to seize up but it didn't. Been fine since

The fact that you actually noticed it wasn't running properly makes me wonder if you did do some permanent damage even though it's running OK again now.

How much oil did you have to put in? Fingers crossed for a few thousand miles bud

You plank....

I did this with a old MK1 Capri, seized it driving up the M11, never seen so much smoke coming out the back.

Got the oil and dynamo warning lights mixed up... DOH!!!

doh! Did the complete oposite on my old MR2 it was making a weird noise and funny smell (I soon found out thats what a clutch smelt like after some fun). Checked the oil and it didnt look like anything was in there (it was full but just had a full engine rebuild and so the oil was still clear) so topped it up and around 3 miles later developed a massive black smoke screen!

Well in short we have all probly done stupid things fingures crossed it will all be ok chap.

They did a piece on 5th Gear a couple of weeks ago in their Driven To Destruction feature where they drained some old banger completely of oil and drove it round a track to see how long it would last.

I think it was less than 5 miles!

You plank!

As harsh as it sounds, you shouldn't take ownership of a Supra if you can't even monitor your oil level! !!

And your after a high power TT.

you would of blown the built engine, blown the high spec turbo and have a bill for £8000 at least on your hands.

it only needed a little bit of oil not much at all really:p

Check it every weekend when you was it. Then if it goes down you need to question why

This reminds me I must check my oil:)

Why as it used so much oil anyway? have you noticed any leaks or smoke, when did you last check the level?