intricatejames

Considering I was annoyed about paying £150 for damage I couldn't understand, I wanted some reassurance. Surely his word and driving of the car says something, even so.. if damage was still there. Cant I argue, do to your driving (on your own accord) the engine started to seaze? I got in the car and left. Maybe there was some leakage. He didnt mention anything coming out from the bottom, so i assume the sump was fitted/sealed properly.. but problems further up in the car. Personally, I think when he gave the car back to me and I drove it for 1/2 hour the engine, as oil was being reduced, eventually ceased. Now i dont know if it was reasonably forseeable for him to know this. Should he have asked for full info of account (i explained everything to the dot) or with anything he noticed damaged to the sump and replaced, it was impossible for him to know about engine damage.

Im not sure.. as far as i know it was a simple replacement. Isnt it a cover under the oil tank? I never checked where the car was parked.. I sort of drove off. Well when i lifted the bonnet, the mechanics around the engine were covered in some oil.. so there was some sort of leak. He was saying, as a result of engine damage oil has not been able to flow around properly, and that engine damage was caused by me the first time round. Nope there was no smoke. Thats a possibility, i had the car for about a month. I should ahve requested him to show me the sump at the time to investigate but I just said scrap it. I might double check though. He explained to me over the phone that the reason why you were out of oil is the sump had a great big hole in it... There was some oil on the around the mechanics.. hmm thanks. I was thinking the only way forwarded would be through the courts. I dont have written statements, who does these days. But after forking out 150 for the repair, I asked for assurance, he said he actually drove it and back to check, the car was working in perfect order. But as time has gone by, oil must have leaked out whilst driving. The car has 200k on the clock and an engine costs £2k approx.

Hi Guys, I need some advice, I drive a Skoda Octavia Elegance 2010 2.0 Tdi In a nutshell, the sump needed replacing, did that and drove for 10 mins, now engine needs replacing. I’ll tell you the full story. A couple of weeks I was driving and all of a sudden had the red oil lamp light on, I pulled up and checked my oil. It was running really low. The nearest petrol pump was 5mins away, so I spun the car round and probably drove 50 yards. The car started to lose power, before it did, I pulled up to the left and had RAC come out. He toed it to the garage. The mechanic said there is a great big hole in the sump and basically oil has leaked, this will need replacing. I managed to find one for £60 second hand & had it fitted. In terms of sump damage, I’m not sure how this happened, as id not hit anything, apart from going over a few speed bumps at 30/40mph. I suspect that still shouldn’t have clipped the sump to cause a hole? Id have to do 60+. The Skoda is very sturdy and manages bumps very well. I suspect there was some leakage before hand and now its managed to expand, any thoughts? Anyway, before getting the car back the mechanic took it for a spin for about 10mins and confirmed the car was in perfect working condition. When I got the car from him, I drove for about ½ hour and all of a sudden heard the ‘low on oil’ noise.. I managed to check the oil on a flat surface, to find it was very low on oil. I called my mechanic, he told me to drive down to his garage.. by the time I got near his garage, the car stopped on me.. presumably because of no oil. I then got it toed in. He has now told me the engine needs replacing. I asked why this was, he said 1 of 2 reasons either 1) the damage to the car that caused the sump damage, in fact caused damage to the engine shaft (the bit that’s related to oil), but this could not be known at the time. I reiterate, the only way I could have damaged it is by going over a speed bump, so is it possible for the Engine to get messed up because of driving over a speed bump? The engine is so much higher, also objects like the sump are in the way? Or 2) When the car first broke down, you tried driving it, as there was no oil, the engine was running dry so one the engine ceased. I told him, I literally turned around and there was still oil. Oil could be seen on the road and the toe truck when we got off. The second time oil was low, I delibereatly called him to get advice, he told me to drive down so I did. So it is possible the engine was damaged at this point. I was driving for a good 1/2hr continuous, there didnt seems like there was damage. So I want to know whether this is possible and who is liable. As far as I’m concerned he affirmed that the car was in working order. Its possible that due to damage further damage has been caused but I was under his instruction.