Oil light

Periodically, the oil light would start flashing in my car. Dutifully, I would add oil. It got to be a rhythm -- every 3 or 4 weeks the light would come on, and I would add oil. I began carrying extra quarts of oil in my car, figuring my car had just gotten to "that age," and I'd better be prepared.

Well, tonight the light kept going on, all the way to rehearsal. Ian looked at it. "See these two holes?" he said, pointing to two small holes an inch apart, at the bottom of the dipstick. "The bottom one means "Add oil." The top one means, "Full."" He pointed about 7 inches up the dipstick. "This is how much oil you have. You're drowning in oil. Get an oil change NOW."

He said only because it's an Acura was it able to tolerate this -- most engines would have quit by now.

"Your light isn't on to say "Add oil," he said. "Your light is freaking out because of how much is in there."

Tomorrow is Oil Change Day.