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thanks for your replys. in the morning light i spotted a half inch trail of oil up the street and into my driveway, and a further puddle under the vehicle. obviously i am getting a tow into the shop as i doubt there is any oil left in there. One friend suggested that i blew a cold-weather freeze plug, something i have never heard of, but from the size of the leak/drip seems more like a hole or damaged line of some sort than anything else. do you know any sources for manuals online to look thru?
the thing about the 16 valve engine is you have to check the oil cold. if you check it hot, the oil is pulled into the engine and it seems like there no oil. i have overfilled it twice when i thought it was too low. but so far the oil light has been accurate and has only come on when there it is actually low. But I am glad i kept putting oil in it this time!
I did just have it in the shop less than 3 weeks ago. It smelled hot, so i pulled over and checked the oil. no oil showed on the stick, even after it cooled off, so i added 2 quarts. still would not start. had it towed to the dealer, where they got it to start right up but as it was overfilled with oil, it smoked like crazy. they told me the car was a goner and i should HAND OVER THE TITLE!!! I asked them to have someone else look at it who was familiar with older models and they came back sheepishly saying that they had NOT looked at the oil, it was overfull (that is what was making it smoke like crazy,) and all it needed was a water pump, which was causing it to overheat. (my friends suggested a lawsuit over this one...) The dealer said they had to drain out quite a lot of oil, which makes me think they didn't actually re-fill it properly. but they said there were no leaks in the pan or hoses and the car did seem to run fine for 3 weeks until it was 7 below. but i probably should have checked the oil myself after that fiasco.
And now i have no faith in the dealer at all and am going to a small mechanic with a great rep for this next try.
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