Tom.S92
Registered User
Took the car in for a service, oil pick up change and cam follower change today to future proof it and put my mind at ease of any common faults occuring. Feeling positive and exctied to pick the car up again this evening with all the above completed I get a phone call from my local garage with some hefty news .
While the mechanic had the sump off to fit the new pick up pipe he noticed it was full of swarf and debris and that the belt or chain (can't remember exactly what he said) that runs the oil pump had completely worn. The pulleys/cogs that operate it had more or less worn down to nothing and the belt was more or less just falpping around serving near to no purpose at all. He said it's the worst he's seen and it's a miracle how the engine hasn't been starved of oil and packed in. The current pick up pipe was full of the metal shards and has hopefully caught most of them before they could circulate around the engine and the oil pump itself has worn because of it all.
All in all £1500 for the parts and god knows how many hours of labour on top. Luckily I only bought the car from Evans Halshaw 2 months ago so I have a case to argue that it's their responsibility. On top of that I don't know if any of you remember a post a created when I first got the car about a knocking noise and engine light I had on which Evans Halshaw determined was due to a faulty cam sensor? It turns out this was the knocking noise all along meaning the fault has clearly been sold with the car.
Time for days of back and forth with Evans Halshaw trying to get this all resolved now. Only problem is I live 1 1/2 hours from the nearest E.Halshaw garage and apparently they don't offer a pick up service ... ha.
Absolute nightmare
While the mechanic had the sump off to fit the new pick up pipe he noticed it was full of swarf and debris and that the belt or chain (can't remember exactly what he said) that runs the oil pump had completely worn. The pulleys/cogs that operate it had more or less worn down to nothing and the belt was more or less just falpping around serving near to no purpose at all. He said it's the worst he's seen and it's a miracle how the engine hasn't been starved of oil and packed in. The current pick up pipe was full of the metal shards and has hopefully caught most of them before they could circulate around the engine and the oil pump itself has worn because of it all.
All in all £1500 for the parts and god knows how many hours of labour on top. Luckily I only bought the car from Evans Halshaw 2 months ago so I have a case to argue that it's their responsibility. On top of that I don't know if any of you remember a post a created when I first got the car about a knocking noise and engine light I had on which Evans Halshaw determined was due to a faulty cam sensor? It turns out this was the knocking noise all along meaning the fault has clearly been sold with the car.
Time for days of back and forth with Evans Halshaw trying to get this all resolved now. Only problem is I live 1 1/2 hours from the nearest E.Halshaw garage and apparently they don't offer a pick up service ... ha.
Absolute nightmare