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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 08:38 AM
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Drove with loose oil fill cap

I failed to completely twist down the yellow engine oil fill cap after a top-off, and drove a significant distance. What type of damage may that have caused to the engine?
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 08:49 AM
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You would only have to worry if dirt or debris dropped down the oil fill tube. This would only likely happen if the cap was left off.
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 08:53 AM
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i drove an entire track day without a dip stick. you'll be fine. why are you worried? seriously.
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 02:27 PM
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did you get a cel? nothing really, if u did just reset the ecu and avoid unneccessary trip to the dealership
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Old Oct 13, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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Like everyone else has said...................."nothing", you just probably should check the level again just to be sure no oil was lost, but if you had.....you'd probably have seen white smoke by now, so just check the level to be sure.
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