Hey all, I could use a little insight. I think my wife's 300D may be history. Two weeks ago I topped off the oil and other fluids for her before leavinfg for Elk camp. The oil was about 1 1/2 qts low, but she had been driving it quite a bit so I wasn't too worried. Well, she drove it about 500 ish miles during the next week. Last Monday she was driving and the car started making a "clicking noise" (her description) and struggling up the hill. She pulled off the highway and into a parking lot, where the engine died. She said that it would crank, but not turn over. I got back from hunting and checked the vehicle on Wednesday. It was about 4 qts low on oil . I topped it off and got it to start, it ran rougher than usual for a couple of minutes, then made a metallic clanking noise and shut off. My wife said that she did not notice unusual smoking (neither did her boss, who drove behind her several times during the week) and she checking where she had been parking and did not see any oil. I looked the car over and I did not see any evidence of anything more than the usual small drips. She also said that the oil pressure was fine until she was pulling off the freeway, then it started to drop. She also said that it did not overheat at all. Sorry for the long post, but I have two questions. How could it have gone through that much oil in that short a period without being noticeable, and do you think the engine is completely shot or is it repairable? This is a cheap daily driver and I don't want to put too much into repairs. thanks for any help.