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I drove my 850 (same car as your S70 basically) 2400 miles on 2 quarts total of oil when the quickie lube place cross threaded the oil plug and it mostly dripped out. Compression is still good as new 5 years later. Putting 5 qts vs. 7.25 qts won't do any harm to your bulletproof 5 cylinder engine especially not within 300 miles.
If your low oil pressure light didn't come on you really can't blame the shop. Did they put enough oil in? No, but it's not going to fry your motor. On a side note I once put too much oil in and had smoke coming out like my motor was blown.
Engines for your car should cost around $1k and another $1k installed. It's a good design just watch out for the ETM failure.
I can't imagine a tow would cost more than a couple hundred bucks, get it towed back to where you bought it for them to look at as well. Worst case scenario is, you fill it up with oil and drive it home, checking the oil level regularly. If it's a blown motor what is the worst that could happen? You get stuck and have to call for a tow anyway? If the turbo is blown driving it like that for a few hundred miles won't do any major harm either. Does the car move under its own power?
Check the coolant level, are you sure it's not the head gasket?
If it were me I'd drive it back with a tow service on speed dial...
Did you happen to notice what it smelled like? Seriously... No joke intended.
If it smelled like somebody was running a chainsaw, you're talking about oil. If it had kind of a weird sweet smell, it could have been anti-freeze.
This is the question we really need answered. If it had the distinct anti-freeze smell that is sweet you know for sure that it is coolant burning in the combustion chamber.
You said it is still running so I would what one of the other people suggested and try driving it out of there. I would definitely try to smell the smoke. Do not stand there continuously breathing it in of course. If it is coolant you will be able to smell it without getting close to the exhaust pipe. It is a strong, sweet smell.
This is the question we really need answered. If it had the distinct anti-freeze smell that is sweet you know for sure that it is coolant burning in the combustion chamber.
You said it is still running so I would what one of the other people suggested and try driving it out of there. I would definitely try to smell the smoke. Do not stand there continuously breathing it in of course. If it is coolant you will be able to smell it without getting close to the exhaust pipe. It is a strong, sweet smell.
Since we're all left to speculate, I'll speculate...
The shop he initially took the car to, for the possible repairs, is taking him for a ride.
If it's blowing "oil smoke" and is indeed a turbocharger problem, they should be able to fix the turbocharger.
If it's anti-freeze, it's most likely a cracked head, though a head gasket is certainly a possibility.
Either way, NEITHER of those problems is anywhere NEAR a $6300 repair bill!
I'm also curious to know why, if the engine is still running, they're claiming that "the engine is blown."
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