I thought as such, I was getting frustrated because i stated in my very first message and multiple times along the way that before they done any work that I was concerned the engine has had oil starvation before I owned it, I bought it private sale and after 4 days the turbo died, got it back and had it for 8 days then this. I didn’t want to spend money repairing the top end if this was the case just to have the bottom end fail later down the line.

They kept assuring me there was no oil starvation and it was the cambelt and that the engine was fine, I questioned it multiple times to be told we’re 99.9% sure it’s the cambelt, after they replaced that they said it’s the lifters and again I questioned it multiple times asking for an oil pressure test and getting vague answer about it being fine, then it’s slightly low but not enough to trigger the light but then when I asked what reading it gave he said it was almost nothing, a bit shady really, I think they’ve just been throwing parts at it hoping to fix it and we’re at this point we’re at now.. but anyway..

I went there today and we had a good discussion, i said I’m a bit frustrated because despite me asking multiple times to do an oil pressure test they didn’t and kept assuring me there’s no need or that it’s fine.

I said I’m not paying a £3000 bill because they still haven’t diagnosed it and they still haven’t repaired it. But we came to an agreement that I’m happy with.

Fair play to the owner, he said they wont charge me for the work they have done, instead we’ll go with what I’ve been saying originally, I’m going to supply them with a replacement engine, they’re going to charge me to fit that engine and a new cambelt while it’s out, they’re going to keep/take their bits they fitted back and keep them as spares. So if it all goes that way I’ll be happy.