I have a 2018 T6 California which I have owned for approx 2 years. Last summer I started losing large amounts of coolant and it took quite a few months (and the van behaving poorly) before it was diagnosed as being a faulty EGR. This was fixed just before Christmas and everything seemed ok. Then early this year the engine started making a squeaking/chirping sound.It started off very quietly , but got progressively louder. It has been in and out of the garage so many times for diagnosis attempts. Finally, I have been told it's the 'rear main crank shaft bearing' (can't remember exact wording) because there seems to be little/no oil. I've been taking the van to my local dealer (non VW approved) and they are saying it's awful how this has happened on a van that's only done about 20k miles. They are able to fix it but have warned me it's going to be in the thousands.
I suspect the coolant has leaked into the engine during the EGR failure and reacted with the oil in the engine to cause this new issue. I've been told they don't know why there is a lack of oil there (a different garage fixed the EGR) and therefore can't say with any certainty that it won't happen again.
I'm absolutely at a loss as to what to do. I feel like VW will charge me even more for the same work and I'm very unlikely to get the work paid for, even given the age of the vehicle.
Any words of advice would be most welcome.
I suspect the coolant has leaked into the engine during the EGR failure and reacted with the oil in the engine to cause this new issue. I've been told they don't know why there is a lack of oil there (a different garage fixed the EGR) and therefore can't say with any certainty that it won't happen again.
I'm absolutely at a loss as to what to do. I feel like VW will charge me even more for the same work and I'm very unlikely to get the work paid for, even given the age of the vehicle.
Any words of advice would be most welcome.