Can anybody please help me???? Ok i bought a 2000 "W" reg astra estate, when driving it home i noticed a knocking noise from the engine and the oil light flickering.Took the oil cap off to check the oil and...Full of grease! Cleaned the grease out and put some oil in and yes just as i thought it was burning oil so i presumed a HG failure. Ok the car was on my drive a week and i decided to get it looked at but when the mechanic came round it failed to turn over, turned out to be the starter motor so he took it on a truck and repaired it for me, he completely stripped everything and told me the grease had got everywhere so i needed new lifters, piston rings,had the head skimmed etc Ok all this cost me £900 so i was pretty annoyed but glad it was fixed, i picked the car up and it drove like a dream until 20 mins later and it got warm, same problem...knocking sounds and a flickering oil light? I phoned him back and he said it could be that the oil pump has packed in or it could b more serious i.e its loosing pressure. Firstly i dont want to spend anymore money because i could have had an engine replacement for this much! but if it is just the oil pump then i would be willing to repair it. Has anybody got any suggestions?
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18 years ago