so the oil pressure gauge was broken, I was going to wait until after my busy week and then get the oil changed, looks like I won't need to now, there was no oil it it despite what the gauge said, and now the engine is toast.

in the plus side here is my new van:
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loginit's a '99 Astro
it's AWD so not quite as good on the gas, and it has 185k on it. used to be a Comcast van, so it has the cage already.
this time, oil change, then graphics....

and no need for a ghetto paint job this time.