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"No oil on the dipstick, I’m tipping a holed sump or stripped and lost sump plug."

I'm tipping the previous owner had no idea.

I have a son like that. Years he blew the clutch in his 4WD, and I had to go rescue him.
Out of curiosity, pulled the dipstick out and not smidgen of oil on it, I must be not seeing things, did it a few times, same result. He had never checked it in over a year. Told him he as lucky just to blow the clutch and not the engine. How does this happen.