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      11-07-2017, 05:01 AM   #35
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Originally Posted by GhostyM View Post
The ECU wasn't reading the oil correctly. And there is no dipstick.

So three things made it run low on oil. First; the motor was burning an extreme amount of oil.

Second; the "electronic" dipstick (aka the computer) didn't work and said I was full on oil.

Third; not a single check engine light letting me know low oil pressure/low oil/etc.

They did replace the motor though once approval came through.
Thanks for the clarification. The machine was indeed somehow manufactured incorrectly. I couldn't see any way you would have let the engine get so low on oil it would starve a bearing.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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