Another big thanks to James and the crew at 3S / ToyotaGT!I called James this morning as some parts I'd ordered on his behalf were delivered and he suggested I come over with them and have a cuppa and a chat as we'd not spoken for a while.
I get 30 minutes into the journey on the M4 when all of a sudden I see plumes of oil smoke pouring out of the engine bay and drivers behind flashing me with their wipers on full speed 
I pull over onto the hard shoulder and, even to a non-trained eye such as mine, it was apparent that oil was peeing out of somewhere and it didn't look good.
Now I know that I have breakdown cover with my insurance but unfortunately had neglected to keep the info in my car and I had a new phone, so no number on there.
I called James and after 5 minutes of persuading him that yes, April 1st had come and gone and this wasn't a wind-up 
he called up the insurance company and arranged for the recovery people to call me. Turned out I am with Britannia Rescue through A-Plan (Ensign) and they were on the scene and had me loaded within 45 minutes. Got the car recovered to 3S and, at this point, I was expecting to have to walk up to the train station and make the arduous journey home by train, bus and taxi (and I loathe public transport 'cos it's invariably crap).However.
.. James dealt with a couple of customers who were already there, then had one of his engineers get my tubby up on the ramps - the fault was diagnosed (the turbo oil return feed had been touching the downpipe and had melted through 
) and he fabricated a new pipe, fixed it, and all within 90 mins of starting the job! I was a happy chappie and went merrily on my way. This also appears to have solved the problem that I was having here - http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=91349 although I've not had time to do a thorough test yet, it seems the return line may have been blocked.Anyway, big shout for James and the team at 3S, they really know their stuff and it seems that nothing is too much trouble for them
