During this winter storm my car slid on ice and i smashed into a rock pretty hard. I backed up and i tried to continue moving and my car just stopped about a minute after i hit the rock. I got out and saw all of my oil spilled. I saw that the oil tank was somewhat damaged but the oil filter tool the most damage. I thought the filter just broke so i changed it and as soon as i turned the car on after i changed the oil filter And put more oil it all spilled right out from the oil filter. The engine turned on perfectly fine and i was very disappointed that it wasn't the filter that broke and where u put the filter it was somewhat loose. So than i got it towed to a mechanic and they said the engine was broken also. And they want $ 1000 to fix it. I don't believe it was the engine. What do u think ? I feel like they're trying to take my money. What do u think ?

Asked by Brianb1223 Dec 28, 2012 at 04:08 PM about the 2001 Subaru Forester L

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2 Answers

Yes, the oil pan my mistake.but No i haven't turned the car on without any oil unless the mechanic did.

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