BE AFRAID - BE VERY AFRAID!!

Last year I posted this http://www.chevroletownersclub.co.uk/forum/oil-change-light-and-smoking-problem_topic457_post2679.html#2679 concerning my experiences with my Captiva.

 

I am sad to report that is has now gone to a better place.

 

A couple of weeks ago the engine seized and is a total loss. It suffered what is known in the motor trade as engine black death. Basically the engine oil turned into a black sludge that wouldn't flow around the engine. Replacement engine £8,500!!

 

This was about 12,000 miles after the local main dealer changed the oil for the "correct" spec following their claim that my local mechanic was using the wrong grade.

Strange thing is that for a car that used to go into limp mode at the slightest provocation, there was no warning at all of the impending disaster.

 

I suspect this didn't happen overnight and so I must take part of the blame for not checking my oil level since I had it serviced. Having said that the EGR problems, the smoking, the rattle and the oil life light issues that two Chevrolet dealers failed to resolve, I do feel let down badly by Chevrolet themselves.

Their dealers were hopeless and their customer services people at Head Office even worse.

 

 

I have to say 12,000 miles without checking the oil was inviting disaster. I think if that's the case there is only one responsible body, and sorry to say, it's you. That's what the dipstick is for...