Hi all
I'm really stuck and I am hoping you can help me out.
I have a VW Golf 1.4 its a V reg and has done about 90k.
After finishing a night shift I decided to run my car for a while to warm it up before driving as it was about -10 and snowing! I went back to my car after 15 minutes and found a huge pool of oil under it, popped the bonnet to find oil had also come out of the dipstick and there was no oil left.
It was towed to a garage and I was told it had an oil leak around the pump area and that the engine was making a bad noise. I was advised not to drive it and replace the engine. I am a student and replacing the engine is not an option for me. It was filled with 3 litres of oil so I could take it home. During the hour of driving I heard no worrying noises and managed to do 60 the majority of the way. It has not been driven for 4 days now and there is still sufficient oil in the engine. As you can probably tell I am not too clued up on cars but I find it hard to believe I need a whole new engine? Can you advise me on what my next steps should be?
Many thanks, all opinions hugely appreciated!!
Sarah
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