I recently had a lot of work done to my W reg freelander including a new water pump, new head gasket, new timing kit and an oil change.
Since getting the car back i've done about 300 or so miles (each week i drive to work on a Monday, home on a Friday and a couple of short journeys on a weekend), last weekend i thought i saw a small patch of oil under the car but as where i park my car is used by a lot of people i couldn't be sure if it was from my car or another that had been parked there before me.
This weekend there was more, I checked the oil level on Saturday morning and it was fine, however after doing my supermarket shopping there was a saucer sized puddle under the car which had accumulated during the time i did my shop. This morning just as i was arriving at work the oil light flickered briefly. I haven't driven it since i arrived this morning.
I called the garage that did the work and they told me to bring it in. Unfortunately the garage that did the work is about 40 miles away and i'm not 100% comfortable driving it that far if there is a major problem. I'm going to take it to a local garage in the morning but any suggestions as to what it could be would be useful in the meantime. To hopefully put my mind at ease if nothing else.
I'm hoping it's something little like the new filter not threaded in properly. Surely if it is the result of a bigger problem it would have been picked up on while they did the other work. The leak has only happened since i got my car back.
Since getting the car back i've done about 300 or so miles (each week i drive to work on a Monday, home on a Friday and a couple of short journeys on a weekend), last weekend i thought i saw a small patch of oil under the car but as where i park my car is used by a lot of people i couldn't be sure if it was from my car or another that had been parked there before me.
This weekend there was more, I checked the oil level on Saturday morning and it was fine, however after doing my supermarket shopping there was a saucer sized puddle under the car which had accumulated during the time i did my shop. This morning just as i was arriving at work the oil light flickered briefly. I haven't driven it since i arrived this morning.
I called the garage that did the work and they told me to bring it in. Unfortunately the garage that did the work is about 40 miles away and i'm not 100% comfortable driving it that far if there is a major problem. I'm going to take it to a local garage in the morning but any suggestions as to what it could be would be useful in the meantime. To hopefully put my mind at ease if nothing else.
I'm hoping it's something little like the new filter not threaded in properly. Surely if it is the result of a bigger problem it would have been picked up on while they did the other work. The leak has only happened since i got my car back.