I just went to turn the engine over by hand and it turns, but not as easily as before. Dropping 6 quarts of oil in the engine and trying to turn it over can't hurt, can it?

I turned the engine off before the oil gauge hit zero, but I did feel the car lose most of it's power as I swerved 3 lanes right to get off of the road.

The oil filter studs are fine. I'll dig around some more when the sun comes up.

The car has 214K on it and with the exception of a small, soft dent in the driver's door is in immaculate condition. The engine has performed wonderfully for the 45K that I've owned it. This is, or should I say was my daily driver.

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'81 300SD