Russ84

ooohh....I will double check with her. Thank you so much guys, its been great being pointed in the right direction.

Forever grateful

Thank you Jimbov8, ive told her to take it to a specialist now.

I will post the outcome incase it helps someone else

Its a diesel  (2.7 i think) and automatic. The garage she has it at is not very helpful at all, seeming unwilling to run diagnostic tests on it other than how it sounds.

Sounds like I need to get it somewhere better :-)

I've read before that a dodgy battery (and associated electrical parts) can cause these big problems. Have you guys had that before?

Hi everyone, the other day my mums s type broke down.

I've attached her timeline of what happened.

She got it recovered and taken to a garage (just a general garage), they really weren't helpful and just told her it was f***ed. And said it probably Was the big end gone.

I went and talked to them myself and couldn't get much more out of them.

The car has only done 120'000 miles and I find it hard to believe the engine has gone at this mileage (I could be wrong). So thought I'd ask here.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.