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@ aaggoswami - You are right about the splatter. Even i had noticed it and assumed that it must have happened when the stone punctured the oil sump. i will have a word with the service advisor regarding the same tomorrow.

@ cnaganathan - I dont know about the bearings you're taking about. But one thing i forgot to mention is that before opening the engine he showed me a small cap, which sits on the left side of the engine. he showed me scratch marks on that cap and said that this shows that the cam has been mis-aligned or broken. This was done before opening the engine.

Let me explain what he exactly said when I had taken the pics.

1) Picture no.3 is another view of the cam in Picture 1. Here he said because of sudden drop in oil and heat buildup this part (yellow arrow) must have expanded and hence when part (red arrow) tried to move it resulted in a crack in the cam. He also showed me the other part broken part of the rod (i dont have that picture), and it was a perfect crack and fit.

Later when i tried moving the cam it moved smoothly - to this he mentioned that the metal automatically contracts after cooling down.


2) In picture 2, i dont know if you guys observed but part (yellow arrow) also broke off due to the cracking of the crank.

The service advisor told me that he checked the condition of my oil and it was of normal color and viscosity and that he believed me that i did not drive the car post the accident. According to him if someone drives in such a condition the oil would have become black and thick.

Well tomorrow he is going to give me and Royal Sundaram an estimate of the repair charges and lets see how it goes. I just hope that the damage is restricted to the cam and not the piston, valves etc.