turbosleepa

my gf has a brand new civic and she got her oil changed three weeks ago, and the engine light came on, i checked out the car, there is oil on the hood and all in the engine bay, checked the dipstick and its dry. the oil cap is missing. what steps should i go about to make sure the car is okay and if not so that i can prove it was the problem. im gonna go take pictures now

driven905

my my ... who did the oil change? and yeah take pictures ... just dont drive the car anymore without oil! put some oil in the car before you start the engine again!

rjngo

go back to where she got the oil changed from and bitch at them!

Polkaroo Killa

So they did the oil change and forgot to put the cap back on?
Who's the noob that did the oil change?

Hopefully you had a little bit of oil in the crank so it didn't cause too much damage.

fingolfin

did the engine light come on right away?
is there oil splattered on the inside of the engine bay?

I would think that the light would come on right away as there would be no oil pressure. I'm just guessing though.

turbosleepa

well the oil light was coming on when at idle at a light, then itd go off, by the time we got back from dairy queen the check engine light was on, im taking pictures, we got the receipt, going to buy a new oil cap tomorrow morning and adding oil then taking it to honda to see if theres any damage. she took it to her moms mechanic, i just know his name is dave in mississauga, sorry. he did say to bring all the bills from the cleaning, oil, cap, etc and he'll reimburse her, his guy did the oil change for him. **** im pissed.

allstar_6d9er

and buy a cap. or it will be all over again

lilmoh16

sue them :-| .... jk

Gallagher

get it checked out at Honda 100%

turbosleepa

oh the oil is everywhere ill take pics

Gallagher

sea foam ur engine

turbosleepa

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3052307 three pics,

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

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get it checked, and if theres anything wrong, make him pay, or sue.

Gallagher

bring it to honda man.

Nova_Dust

It happened to my father's old 88 Camry. Oil change was done and he drove it home. Couple days after (not sure if it was immediately because he did not know this from CEL), he noticed a little hump on the hood. If it was hit by something, it should have been a dent rather than a small hump. So he opened the hood and the cap was placed upside down on the engine (how everyone does it most of the time) and the mechanic forgot to put it back in and shut the hood like that.

Oil everywhere needless to say. He went to get some oil, filled it up and closed the cap and called it a day. That was what, 200,000km? Car retired at 350,000km and it wasn't because of engine failure but something else.

Moral of story, it might not be as bad as you think. But of course, have it checked out. Unless you do a rebuild (which I don't think the mechanic is willing to go through) and look for any internal damages, the only way to deal with this is fill it up and continue about its daily life.

Honda motors are relatively strong, a guy ran a bone dry motor for hours and filled it water (to abuse it intentionally) and it wouldn't give up. A clip on internet a while ago.

Gallagher

i fill my ATV's engine with water every weekend.

starboy869

I had this happen to my old SiR once. Pembroke Honda oil jocky messed up. They washed my engine bay down, fresh oil change, new oil cap, however wounldn't fix the dent on the inside of my hood. Said oh it was like that before

For the few times I went to Pembroke Honda it's always been sub par service. If I go to dealer I take my Honda to Toyota dealer across the steet.

There shouldn't be any serious harm done. At most a compression test, however your engine should still be ok.

MPR

LOL, this is why I always do all the work on the own cars. Especially oil changes.

spike

Go back to who ever did the oil change and bitch the out, and make them put more oil in the car, and replace the oil cap, and t get them to make sure the engine if not ****ed up.

turbosleepa

went to pembroke honda and got a new cap, they're checking it next tuesday to get the check engine light off.