gstuart said:

Sorry to hear that and u have a speedy recovery

No probs and happy to help as part of the many other posts

Indeed doesn’t take long to remove the oil filter to see if there are any metal shards within it

At least then it gives u a general idea , hope u don’t mind me also saying plse ensure any garage that checks it doesn’t try and turn it over

Wishing u all the very best that it isn’t catastrophic

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Chris LR said:

Hi thanks for the reply - just to confirm exactly what you mean by making sure they don’t try and turn it over? You mean that they don’t start the engine? Asking because some other advice is to listen to the engine to locate the noise. Apologies if I’m being stupid! Just thought it best to check

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