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I have a 2009 RaV4. I had the oil changed at a "nationally known service chain". My wife took the car the next day to visit family about 140 miles. I arrived the next day in an another vehicle and noticed oil beneath the Rav4 and coming down the front of the grill.
The car had 177,000 miles, so I thought that maybe I had a head gasket failure. I opened the hood and noticed that the oil cap WAS NOT replaced and oil had splattered all over the inside of the engine compartment.
There was no oil on the dipstick. Took it to a local shop for the service chain - they cleaned the engine comnpartment. However, the engine rattles for about 2 seconds every cold start-up as if there was no oil in the cylinders. It has been doing this for 6 weeks. What is the likelihood that the oil had gotten so low to cause my vehicle's cold start-up engine rattling issues for about 2 seconds?
The car had 177,000 miles, so I thought that maybe I had a head gasket failure. I opened the hood and noticed that the oil cap WAS NOT replaced and oil had splattered all over the inside of the engine compartment.
There was no oil on the dipstick. Took it to a local shop for the service chain - they cleaned the engine comnpartment. However, the engine rattles for about 2 seconds every cold start-up as if there was no oil in the cylinders. It has been doing this for 6 weeks. What is the likelihood that the oil had gotten so low to cause my vehicle's cold start-up engine rattling issues for about 2 seconds?