Really cant believe this. think my cars gonna be written off
coming home from work on thursday night and drove through a rather larger than i expected puddle (more like a river) i was in it before i realised . got through it only for car to stutter and die 50 yrds up the road. sat for 5 mins and attempted to start it and nothing. well had full battery power and starter was trying to fire engine into life but to no avail. phoned my mate joe who has is own garage and he towed me home. left car at garage for him to inspect the next morning. got home from work yesterday and went round. to see him glum faced. the news isnt good. during the night the car emptied its bowels on his garage floor through a rather large hole in the sump which has been pierced by a what looks like a con rod. the heads ****ed, the pistons are sitting 2 up and 2 down which leads me to think the blocks ****ed, as well as the sump being ****ed. So the sum of it all is i need a new engine.
which i cant afford, so it was on to the insurance. i'm with royal sun alliance via adrian flux. they were extremely helpful and are sending a vehicle inspector to assess the damage next week.
dont know if theyl write it off as i'm not usre what it would cost to source and fit a new 20vT engine. and really not sure what kind of money theyd offer me either. cars are fetching £5000 - £6000 on auto trader with same age 2001 and mileage
will wait and see outcome of inspection
coming home from work on thursday night and drove through a rather larger than i expected puddle (more like a river) i was in it before i realised . got through it only for car to stutter and die 50 yrds up the road. sat for 5 mins and attempted to start it and nothing. well had full battery power and starter was trying to fire engine into life but to no avail. phoned my mate joe who has is own garage and he towed me home. left car at garage for him to inspect the next morning. got home from work yesterday and went round. to see him glum faced. the news isnt good. during the night the car emptied its bowels on his garage floor through a rather large hole in the sump which has been pierced by a what looks like a con rod. the heads ****ed, the pistons are sitting 2 up and 2 down which leads me to think the blocks ****ed, as well as the sump being ****ed. So the sum of it all is i need a new engine.
which i cant afford, so it was on to the insurance. i'm with royal sun alliance via adrian flux. they were extremely helpful and are sending a vehicle inspector to assess the damage next week.
dont know if theyl write it off as i'm not usre what it would cost to source and fit a new 20vT engine. and really not sure what kind of money theyd offer me either. cars are fetching £5000 - £6000 on auto trader with same age 2001 and mileage
will wait and see outcome of inspection