Calling all car guys:

So, the Subaru dealership I took my car to for the 3,750 mile service interval (the one I bought it from) seems to have messed up the gasket on the drain plug, or not tightened down the oil filter enough. As such, the engine is now dry and the car has to be flatbedded down to Alexandria tomorrow to have the engine torn down and checked over with a fine tooth comb. I'd much rather they just give me a new car, but that's probably not going to happen, so I'm going to demand they put their top mechanic on it, check every moving part that would require lubrication, replace all the piston rings and crank bearings, and extend my full warranty to 100k including all wearable parts in the powertrain. Car guys, am I missing anything here that I should be asking for?

People on your FB page gave good advice. If it was a double gasket, I'm sure you would have noticed a huge mess though. Happened once on my mom's jeep and oil sprayed everywhere. I've heard a lot of stories of dealers forgetting to put oil back in.

SSOK wrote: Honestly, I would say that you are overreacting unless you were running the engine with little to no oil. They probably crossthreaded the oil filter or didn't torque the drain plug and it slowly leaked. If it were my car and there was a massive pool of oil when I saw my car in the morning, I would just change the oil and filter and leave it at that.  On a side note, I hope you enjoy Adam Oates, and did you get your Ovechkin "language barrier" shirt yet? I am probably getting Kovalchuks

It ran dry. As in, there's no effing oil left in the car.

Undercarriage is awash with oil. Leak was from the front end of the engine bay, so I'm thinking it's the filter. They either owe me a factory new engine and 100k mile warranty to back the whole thing up, or a new car.

Yeah, calling Subaru of America is a great idea (might try to get 100% of what you want from the dealer first).  SoA is really really good about handling these type of things - they're known to be quite helpful on cars out of warranty, nevermind in warranty.  Make sure you talk to them if things don't go your way.

So, did you actually run the motor with no oil in it or not?

most oil pressure indicator lights come on when it is two quarts low. So if you pulled over and shut it down as soon as the light went on, there would be no damage to the engine. Especially since you didn't try to limp it home, and had it towed back to the dealer. 

Phew, bet that was a stressful day...

glad it worked out, I must have missed the thread where you bought a subby.  Even when I change my own oil I still check the filter/drain plug a few clicks later, I can't drive in peace unless I do.

evillepaintball wrote: That's one thing i like about my car.  the drain plug is on the top of the engine.

That's the only thing you like about it?

usafpilot07 wrote: evillepaintball wrote: That's one thing i like about my car.  the drain plug is on the top of the engine.   That's the only thing you like about it?