I would back out based on the dry dipstick or at the very least find out why. Has money changed hands? I had one with a motor, I think the oil control rings were loaded or clogged, it could use a quart of oil in a hundred miles or less, by the time I put in another motor.

In this case one of the normal warning signs- low compression was not there. Your best sign in this case would be a large puddle or stain where it is normally parked, an obvious valve cover gasket leak or a dry and dirty engine above the lower oil pan, and a sheet of black oil below the gasket. Other explanations for lots of missing oil (blowby, head gasket, main seals)involve lots more pain and money. If the inside of the air cleaner (a normal oil cleaner will be dry or have a light film of oil from the crankcase breather) is just black with oil, run away, or negotiate down to the value of the body only.

Buying any car means that when you don't know who the chump is, the chump is you.

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