Hi all, Just after some advice. My car was in a crash about 6-7 weeks ago and has been in the body shop since, with the car being rejected four times due to very poor quality work. The insurance company got an independent engineer involved who agreed with all my concerns about the work, and other garage have had to redo all the work to a higher standard.
After collecting the car, it got less than 4 miles down the road when there was a loud bang and a cloud of white smoke out the back. I stopped the car as soon as I could, and stopped the engine which was sounding very lumpy.
While waiting for recovery I checked the oil level, which was off the bottom of the dipstick. There doesn't seem to be any oil sprayed around the engine bay, there was none under the car where it stopped, nor was there any in the toad where the car went bang.
I'm obviously concerned that something may have been done by the garage to cause the engine to fail after I left them. I wasn't driving the car hard, it's done about 75,000 miles in the 7 years since it was built. Is it possible to sabotage a car like this? The oil warning light isn't staying on when the ignition is turned on to the first stage (without trying to start the engine) although it does flash on so the bulb is working.
Thanks for your help!