Sounds like a salvage buy, damage to the sump, hmm could be it hit a rising bollard or tree stump or a thousand other scenarios, unless you physically examine the vehicle yourself you have no idea if the cross member or frame or suspension were damaged at the same time, or the umpteen radiators, nor do you know if the sudden engine stop damaged the gearbox...boxes are hardly VW group's strongest parts at the best of times.

Edited by gordonbennet on 21/05/2018 at 19:27