My MIL took her 2010 RAV4 to shop a friend uses for an oil change. Came out with $1,000 worth of work (a story for another thread) including a new valve cover gasket. She picked it up yesterday morning, drove to work, and arrived at my place last night complaining that the car sounds terrible. I took it for a spin and after 100' could tell it was out of oil - sounded like a diesel and the oil light was on and blinking. I parked it immediately, verified no oil on the dipstick, and observed that there is fresh oil covering everything on the back side of the engine, firewall, hoses, etc. There's a huge puddle of oily mess under the car now. So I am pretty sure they botched the gasket replacement, the oil all left the engine, and she drove at least 10 miles with no oil in the car. Other note - it's throwing a P0335 code - crankshaft position sensor.
The shop is sending a guy up this morning to look at it. I assume they'll correct the gasket and replace the oil. IMO they're on the hook for the engine being damaged as well but that's not exactly my battle to fight. My question is about the P0335 code - could this indicate some sort of damage that has occured, or is it perhaps coincidental to driving with no oil but will go away once it's been refilled? Thanks.
jeff
The shop is sending a guy up this morning to look at it. I assume they'll correct the gasket and replace the oil. IMO they're on the hook for the engine being damaged as well but that's not exactly my battle to fight. My question is about the P0335 code - could this indicate some sort of damage that has occured, or is it perhaps coincidental to driving with no oil but will go away once it's been refilled? Thanks.
jeff