Well last night I had to get my car towed into the dealer after something went bang (well not literally bang but you get the idea). The AA chap who came out seems to thing the bottom end has gone, but I'm not so sure it's that bad.
I was driving along, and floored it to pass a lorry before some duel carrageway goes back down to single lanes when the engine lost about half of it's power and started smoking a bit. I pulled into the next layby to have a look but couldn't see anything so decided to try and limp it home, but about 5 miles on it was smoking really badly and and was loosing more and more power. So I pulled into the next layby and called the AA. The patrol was luckily very close and was with me in about 20 minutes. Tried to start it again but it was very very rough now, check the dip stick and there was pretty much no oil, but none on the floor under the car, and I had only topped the oil up the week before (hardly ever needed oil whenever I checked it).
ATM I'm still waiting for the dealer to get back to me with a diagnosis, but I'll keep you informed with updates.
My car is 16 months old and was booked in for it's 50000 mile service on Monday.
I was driving along, and floored it to pass a lorry before some duel carrageway goes back down to single lanes when the engine lost about half of it's power and started smoking a bit. I pulled into the next layby to have a look but couldn't see anything so decided to try and limp it home, but about 5 miles on it was smoking really badly and and was loosing more and more power. So I pulled into the next layby and called the AA. The patrol was luckily very close and was with me in about 20 minutes. Tried to start it again but it was very very rough now, check the dip stick and there was pretty much no oil, but none on the floor under the car, and I had only topped the oil up the week before (hardly ever needed oil whenever I checked it).
ATM I'm still waiting for the dealer to get back to me with a diagnosis, but I'll keep you informed with updates.
My car is 16 months old and was booked in for it's 50000 mile service on Monday.