ChrisOIFdoc
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Got lazy a month ago and had the wife take the CTS to Jiffy Lube. A few days ago the wife called me at work and said the car was acting funny and making a rattling noise when going around corners. Rearend? Maybe. Got around to checking it out today, drove around the block and sure enough I heard what she described. Sounded like a steel rattlesnake. No noise during idle or reving when parked, oil pressure good, no slipping when going through the gears and holding the brake, but as soon as you start from a stop to cruising speed the sound would be there intermittently through each gear change. First thought was SON OF A BISCUIT!!!!....the tranny's about to take a dump. But wait....it's not slipping and it can't be rearend because I hear it coming more from under the car, and sure as hell ain't the engine because I've got no codes, don't hot rod it, change the oil religiously, doesn't burn or leak oil EVER. Well, knowing I was wasting my time, I pulled the dipstick and MOTHER FLUFFER!!!....the oil wasn't even touching the dipstick, and DOUBLE MOTHER FLUFFER!!!...it took 3 and a 1/2 quarts to put it in the hash marks. This is probably the first time I've gone more than a month without checking the oil weekly in this car because my wife only drives it about once a week, and like I stated earlier, it is never low. Lesson learned. Now I just have to go to Jiffy Lube, find the two fingered jiffylubetarted SOB that changed the oil and teach him how to count with his other hand!!