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im worried for your engine too.
thats a fairly big hole and the oil runs out pretty quickly...
oil light comes on when oil pressure is lost i believe, so it can all happen pretty fast.
fingers crossed for you.
alot of repair places write off vag engines were there has been sump damage.
(pretty rare people turn engines off straight away and often drive the car to get it off the highway which can be enough to kill it).
thats a fairly big hole and the oil runs out pretty quickly...
oil light comes on when oil pressure is lost i believe, so it can all happen pretty fast.
fingers crossed for you.
alot of repair places write off vag engines were there has been sump damage.
(pretty rare people turn engines off straight away and often drive the car to get it off the highway which can be enough to kill it).
i really didnt drive it far after the light came on but like you said doesnt take much 
havent been able to do anything today as everywheres closed as well which just adds to insult plus I wont be able to get home till I get it fixed
havent been able to do anything today as everywheres closed as well which just adds to insult plus I wont be able to get home till I get it fixed
how much are new engines these days...although hopefully I'll get somewhere with the council tomorrow
Yeah a recon engine from SEAT (head and block) wont be far off that and is exchange.
However I just got a 20k 225 bhp Audi TT engine off ebay (complete with K04 turbo, manifolds etc etc) for £1500 for a friends Octavia we are doing, so there are alternatives.
However I just got a 20k 225 bhp Audi TT engine off ebay (complete with K04 turbo, manifolds etc etc) for £1500 for a friends Octavia we are doing, so there are alternatives.
real crappy road works mate,cant believe whoever drove you back still went through at that speed knowing what it did to yours tho 
real crappy road works mate,cant believe whoever drove you back still went through at that speed knowing what it did to yours tho
her cars falling apart anyway :s
right then I've been quoted an hours labour and £90 for the sump, awaiting the flatbed truck now!!
Council were pretty useless and told me to write them a letter!?!?!?!
Council were pretty useless and told me to write them a letter!?!?!?!
Yeah pretty standard, they're not likely to agree anything over the phone!
I'd take it to a citizen's advice bureau for advice in constructing the letter, obviously in making that kind of claim it may go to court??
I'd take it to a citizen's advice bureau for advice in constructing the letter, obviously in making that kind of claim it may go to court??
A good point, but would they say that to a Ferrari or Zonda owner? No, which annoys me, we dont pay road tax, so that we can only drive car's that are at a certain height.
Could they be making the roads that bad, so that the only way you can use them is in a 4x4, which means they save money on road repairs, and make money on higher 4x4 tax?
Or am i just being cynical!
Shame about the sump mate
anyways just thought id say that if you goto the papers or try to claim on it they will turn around and say the ramps have been tested for non-modified factory standard cars and not for lowered vehicles and have signs to warn people. My bro tried this when he smashed the lip on his front bumper his lowered mondeo. Its like getting a water from a stone.
think you need to measure the hight / angle of the ramp etc.
i think it will come down the the specification of said 'ramp'.
i think it will come down the the specification of said 'ramp'.
for example iirc Speed bumps cannot be more than a ratio of 10:1 (or 1:10) meaning 1cm into the "ramp" the height cannot be 10cm high.
And numerous speed bumps have had to be replaced because of it.
(This is from memory though, so dont shoot the messenger!)
And numerous speed bumps have had to be replaced because of it.
(This is from memory though, so dont shoot the messenger!)
i presume you turned it with the new sump on... !!!
if so then thats good news.
did it sound ok straight away? or did it sound rough for a bit?
if so then thats good news.
did it sound ok straight away? or did it sound rough for a bit?
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