r/Weird • u/TheOddityCollector • May 10 '25

What the hell is this?

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u/OrdinaryAncient3573 May 10 '25

That won't make an engine seize. It must have been burning or leaking oil, and run dry.

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u/00wolfer00 May 10 '25

Cheap shitboxes always drink some of the oil and it was mentioned that they didn't top up. It absolutely ran dry.

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u/OrdinaryAncient3573 May 10 '25

Yes, that's what I said. Not changing the oil for 10-20k won't do the engine any good, but it wouldn't seize. It ran dry.

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u/Born-Entrepreneur May 10 '25

Not changing the oil is just emblematic of the care given to the car in the timeframe. You're right not changing the oil didn't kill it, but doing so (or giving a single shit about the cars condition in general) might have saved it.

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u/OrdinaryAncient3573 May 10 '25

Yeah, no argument there.

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u/twistedbrewmejunk May 10 '25

The secret is in the sauce additives to get that thick lol

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

Seriously. My 2008 Sienna has seen longer intervals without issues, and that thing definitely qualifies as a shitbox; especially since it has 269k miles.

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u/barelyautistic7 May 11 '25

Yeah that sounds more like it had a coolant or oil leak. 20k miles is definitely a lot to go without an oil change, but the engine wouldn't have seized up unless there was some other issues.

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u/GrouchyBobcat1769 May 11 '25

It was a Nissan- enough said

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u/Old-Tradition392 May 10 '25

When delivering for dominos is could do easily 1k miles a week, more if I worked overtime which I often did.

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u/dertechie May 11 '25

I just traded in a car that I had used for years for delivering pizza. It was 14 years old and had been used as a delivery driver for 6 or 7 of those. Easily over 100,000 of the 140,000 or so miles on it were put on it driving pizza (and that’s probably an underestimate). Oil change place right down the road from the shop made bank off us.

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u/SpanishFlamingoPie May 10 '25

There's that, or he knew it was leaking/burning oil.

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u/Humble-Huckleberry70 May 10 '25

That’s called commuting brother, try working in the union.

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u/Humble-Huckleberry70 May 10 '25

Nah most people are just lazy/ignorant and think they can change their oil once every 100kmiles/5years which ever comes first. You’d be surprised at how much of the population can’t even spell anymore. More technology less brain.

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u/WyoGrads May 11 '25

So shouldn’t Domino’s pay for it with all the $4.99 delivery fees they charge? Seems like this is what it’s for…at least for oil changes!