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For the past few days I've been driving around with no Radio on, listening to a slight change in my engine tone. I noticed a kind of rattle sound between 2-3000 rpm. So in the back of my mind I'm thinking - well I checked my oil a few weeks ago so must be something else. maybe a plug, lose engine mount or heatsheild... Last night I decided to check my oil and to my suprise my dip stick was BONE DRY! must have been around 4-5 weeks ago I checked it and it was near the max mark on the dipstick. Also, there are no signs of leakage as my car sits in the same place every day on my driveway. No oil on the drive to even suspect a leak. Also, in order to find out what Oil I needed I checked my last MOT and Service certificates, which was done on the same day in Oct 2011 - 7 months ago by a Nissan Dealer where I bought the car. It shows on my service they changed the oil and charged me for it. Now I'm thinking, did they really change it! When I get home I'm going to check under the car as it should still be quite light, last night was too dark to check anything. I just find this very strange as I have a 2003 Facelift Gen 7. so surely I should not suffer from any oil issues regarding my engine like on the Pre-Facelift engines. Needless to say I'll make sure to check my oil more regular. I put about 2 and a half Ltrs in yesterday went for a drive and that 'rattle' noise at 2-3000 rpm has gone. I hope I've not done any damage, I find myself luck that I noticed the change in my engine sound, as I said to Mikey & Liam last night... If I had a exhuast system I probably wouldnt have noticed this rattle sound!