Altroz diesel crankshaft and head gasket problems
In the last six months, I’ve had to spend close to 70k in repairs. My diesel Altroz needed a full crankshaft replacement after I suddenly got zero clutch response. When I asked why it happened, they just told me may be because of late clutching. I’ve been driving since the last 15 years. A crankshaft usually lasts the life of a car. But yeah faced this with Altroz diesel. Total repair cost was about 36k.
6 months after this, I had persistent engine oil leak. Tata service centre couldn’t really identify the source of the leak. Despite numerous tests according to them. They said it’s an oil seal issue and the oil seal is not available right now so recommended me to drive the car with oil leak for about 1 month till they order the oil seal. Now within that month, my car got overheated, and now I took it to a local mechanic who says there’s a radiator jam and the head gasket needs to be replaced because that’s apparently where the oil is leaking from. My car spurt out engine oil and coolant and lost throttle response/went into limp mode in the middle of the road. And then started with loud knocking sounds. Thankfully the engine didn’t seize but a little sceptical about the head gasket issue. Local mechanics go by their experience and intuition. I don’t think he even has the equipment to do a combustion test.