Just had a service and MOT...now engine seized!

diystarter7

MikeJXE said:

elf too till they got to technical

I'm guessing either a burst hose from something hitting it or, maybe the service drained the coolant that way and didn't tighten up properly after.

Exactly the reason I asked the OP to see what the garage that took the car in are say as a loose hose is easy enough to spot.

You've misread or not understood the OP regarding what she paid and what you are talking about. She had a lot more than the service done as in your example of your own car..

Thanks

rachellelouise

A couple of people have mentioned about what the garage that currently have it have said - I will get my husband to ring them tomorrow and have a longer chat - he only had a quick one as he was leaving the house for work when they rang earlier. 

The man that owns the garage where it is is a good friend of my dads for 30+ years, and i trust him implicitly!

cymruchris

According to the manual for a 2016 Peugeot 308 - there's a temperature gauge and a red STOP warning light that illuminates with an audible signal that activates when a serious cooling system malfunction is detected. (The manual screen grabs were taken from a website where it appears to have moved a few letters around to avoid copyright laws, but the gist is easy to see) 





So if your STOP light came on - it had in fact detected a serious fault, which was the point you needed to stop as soon as was practical and turn off the engine. Out of interest, after being told to STOP - what made you (him) try to restart it? Or was that the recovery people? 

Until the vehicle is inspected at a workshop, we can all second guess the cause, but likely none of us will be right.

In summary the car developed a fault very quickly, told you to STOP, you did, but then tried to restart it, then recovery attended and said 'there's no coolant', and now it's at a workshop having a diagnosis?

You may very well have had a split water pipe leading to sudden loss of coolant - but it could also be a myriad of other things as well. 

You'll have to wait to get the info on what the cause was, and the remedy options. I do think it unlikely linked to your previous service - but before pre-judging it's probably better to wait and see what the workshop says. 

diystarter7

Hi
If it is a loose hose that they undid to get all the water out and that came off or clip lose thatn you may have a case. TBH, I doubt it is that but do find out where the leak was.
Good luck

MikeJXE

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

elf too till they got to technical

I'm guessing either a burst hose from something hitting it or, maybe the service drained the coolant that way and didn't tighten up properly after.

Exactly the reason I asked the OP to see what the garage that took the car in are say as a loose hose is easy enough to spot.

You've misread or not understood the OP regarding what she paid and what you are talking about. She had a lot more than the service done as in your example of your own car..

Thanks

I didn't misread what she said I saw that a good chunk of the cost was down to repairs and I was questioning why ? Thats the reason I asked how many miles they have done knowing most mobility cars at 3 years old could have incredibly low mileage 

SergeantBaker

diystarter7 said:

MikeJXE said:

elf too till they got to technical

I'm guessing either a burst hose from something hitting it or, maybe the service drained the coolant that way and didn't tighten up properly after.

Exactly the reason I asked the OP to see what the garage that took the car in are say as a loose hose is easy enough to spot.

You've misread or not understood the OP regarding what she paid and what you are talking about. She had a lot more than the service done as in your example of your own car..

Thanks

They had a service, mot and the brakes done. That's about £600 worth of work if it were all four corners. There's one other job the OP can't remember accounting for about £800 worth of work.  

SergeantBaker

rachellelouise said:

[Deleted User] said:

OP, what did the garage do in addition to the brakes and service?
It must have been something substantial to run up a £1,400 bill.

I believe it was MOT + Service, break pads and discs and something else...I will double check with my husband what that something else was! He is on nights at the moment...I just hope we haven't been 'had'.  

I think you might have been. 

rachellelouise

cymruchris said:

According to the manual for a 2016 Peugeot 308 - there's a temperature gauge and a red STOP warning light that illuminates with an audible signal that activates when a serious cooling system malfunction is detected. (The manual screen grabs were taken from a website where it appears to have moved a few letters around to avoid copyright laws, but the gist is easy to see) 





So if your STOP light came on - it had in fact detected a serious fault, which was the point you needed to stop as soon as was practical and turn off the engine. Out of interest, after being told to STOP - what made you (him) try to restart it? Or was that the recovery people? 

Until the vehicle is inspected at a workshop, we can all second guess the cause, but likely none of us will be right.

In summary the car developed a fault very quickly, told you to STOP, you did, but then tried to restart it, then recovery attended and said 'there's no coolant', and now it's at a workshop having a diagnosis?

You may very well have had a split water pipe leading to sudden loss of coolant - but it could also be a myriad of other things as well. 

You'll have to wait to get the info on what the cause was, and the remedy options. I do think it unlikely linked to your previous service - but before pre-judging it's probably better to wait and see what the workshop says. 

Thankyou very much for this - helpful and I will show my husband.

Correct he got a stop message, pulled over immediately into the hard shoulder and took the key out. He put the key back in 5/10 mins later but when he turned it on there was nothing, no lights on the dash, no noise, so it never even attempted to start. Then the tow truck took it to the garage. 

Hopefully will know more tomorrow when we speak to the garage for further information

MikeJXE

So wasn't there clouds of steam coming from under the bonnet ? 

rachellelouise

MikeJXE said:

So wasn't there clouds of steam coming from under the bonnet ? 

Nope nothing