Rear ended with Engine damage

[KiwiME]

I think you're lucky to get any financial assistance at all from VW and should let it be

[Sword_Dude]

I think you're lucky to get any financial assistance at all from VW and should let it be

That is part of my concern, if I go too hard I may end up shooting myself in the foot?

[Sword_Dude]

It's your call, I'm just throwing up suggestions. Any decent mechanic should be able to give you plenty of plausible reasons why the accident could have caused the engine damage. My local guy charges $80 per workshop hour and I reckon he could come up with plenty in half an hour. You don't need a mechanical engineering consultant, just a qualified mechanic. At the moment you are being told stuff by the insurance assessor, who has an agenda to keep the costs down and deny everything. And a VW service tech who may not want to pee off the insurance company and/or expose VW to warranty or other issues. Of course they are going to give you a biased opinion. You need someone on your side to put up some plausible alternatives.

Cheers
Gary

Thanks for your help Gary, as I've said I put in a dispute to the insurer and we will see what happens.