But that dipstick seems to be low whenever I check it these days. I thought I should check it again, this week, just to see. And I did that after work yesterday/Monday, and goddammit, the level is lower. Maybe not low, but it's concerning because, beyond going from downtown Minneapolis to Cedar-Riverside, I didn't really go anywhere in the week or so since I dumped oil in it.
Winter literally is coming. It'll snow tonight/Tuesday night, and then the cold is coming in and will settle for the time being. Not ideal oil-adding weather. So after I came home and ate dinner, I threw in some more oil. Nothing more than a quarter-quart if that, but if the dipstick is supposed to be an indication of how low I am down to a quart, that line when I check it again should go back up.
And fuckin' A, I immediately regretted it. What if I put in too much? That's why I didn't put in half a quart. I don't want to overfill it. But I can't underfill it either, so what happens if what I put in is still not enough? Every car I have to put in oil becomes fucking Goldilocks, for God's sake. And why in the hell am I putting in oil twice less than a week? If I have to, that's a sign that my car's going through it way more than it should. Or, maybe it's not going through oil as fast as I think it is, and I'm just fucking paranoid because I've been traumatized by my cars not working in years past. Fuck if I know.
I have half a mind to bring my car quickly to my mechanic, again -- just to ask him if there are any oil leaks, and then maybe ask if to teach me how to read the damn dipstick. But like I said before, they probably are closed Wednesday afternoon. Plus, the weather is going to be bad then, so I don't know if they'd be in a mood to indulge my anxieties. Oh, and they might charge me to do that, too.
I'm scared I filled my engine with too much oil, and I'm also scared that my engine will run out of oil a week from now. Goddamn, I hate being afraid of what my car will do.
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