As per the title just looking for some info on this
I had my car serviced a week ago with a known VW garage, everyone seems to rate him quite high so I took it to him
car had done 140k when the service was done, but I was driving home the other night and the Oil warning flashed and told me to stop due to low oil pressure, which I did, checked the oil and it had plenty of oil in so I left it a bit, then started it back up and it had gone off, I drove up the road and it came on again so I pulled in at a petrol station and left it
managed to get it to the garage the following day which was downt he road and he told me I can't drive it from there as the oil pick had become blocked and I'd been lucky as it could have caused damage, but a few mates who work as mechanics all have said the same thing... he has used the wrong oil
he's telling me it's carbon build up on the sump thats been chewed up and blocked the oil pick up, which is the more likely of scenarios?
I've rung him to check and he said he's used 5/30 Fully synth oil but didn't say what brand oil
a bit worried now about using the car incase it has caused any damage, or if I'm going to be looking for a new engine fairly soon