chim breakdomn on m60
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all chimeara owmers i need a supporting shoulder to cry on???Travelling home from barnsley to manchester last sunday a started to drive down the slip road from hyde roundabout onto the m60 and started to smell burning oil in the car,yikes!!!but the smell soon dissappeared,then tne oil light came on so i dropped my speed down and got into the inside lane(the light was flashin on and off)as i was literally 10/15 mins from home decided to cary on until light came on and after sh.....g mysely decided to pull over(probably after 4/5miles since smell and oil light on.Managed to get towed home but found no oil on the dipstick!!!!sh.te.Spoke to richard thorpe in sheffield and my beloved is going to him tom.have any of you guys had anything similar and im i loking for gulp a new engine which richard has said can come in at a cool £4000(been shi...n bricks all week)Oh yes there was oil sprayed up the back of the car obviously blown someit.can this be repaired and for how much and why has someit blown.is thsi a common problem coz ive only had in 6months and not really done that many miles(about 1000)and its costing me a fortune???any prices or anybody been through this problem before and any rough prices on any results you guys have had.Coz this could make me go out and get seriously pi..ed this weekend or go and tourch the f....n thing?????
it's just as expensive, but I worry less Quiet 'failure' - You could have lost the sump plug or oil sender unit - sump plugs have been known to come unscrewed if you catch them on a bump wrong. The oil then poured out and made the stink on the 'zorst, since you were travelling at speed on the motorway it's bound to have splattered all over the underside/rear of the car.
Loud failure - Loud = bad.
Even with the quiet failure option if you've been driving with a dry engine you might have semi wrecked it.
Good luck.
Loud failure - Loud = bad.
Even with the quiet failure option if you've been driving with a dry engine you might have semi wrecked it.
Good luck.
1000 miles in six months? Poor thing gave up though under-use! Done 3000 in 1 months in mine! Thought I may aswell get my money's worth!
Seriously though, not sure whats wrong (probably cracked sump or gasket or somefink), but it all depends on how long the car was running with no oil, and how much damage was done. If there was no noticeable rattling (and it obviously didn't cease) you may be lucky.
I'm no expert, but I did have the same thing in a previous car, and I ran it too long with no oil, and it ended up with a ceased valve, bug**ed big ends, and bent push rods. To pricey to fix for a £500 car, so it's still sitting in the car park!
Anyhow, my heart goes out to you sir, best of luck!
Seriously though, not sure whats wrong (probably cracked sump or gasket or somefink), but it all depends on how long the car was running with no oil, and how much damage was done. If there was no noticeable rattling (and it obviously didn't cease) you may be lucky.
I'm no expert, but I did have the same thing in a previous car, and I ran it too long with no oil, and it ended up with a ceased valve, bug**ed big ends, and bent push rods. To pricey to fix for a £500 car, so it's still sitting in the car park!
Anyhow, my heart goes out to you sir, best of luck!
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