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Full disclosure, this is not a well car . . .

It's a 2010 XF Supercharged that has treated me well for the last several years.  I just spent the better part of a day pulling the center console to re-solder the bad resistor.  Took it for an, admittedly aggressive, driven and limped it back home in reduced performance mode.  

I had it towed to my local dealership n Norwood, MA and they said it needs a new engine.  They didn't give a lot of details, about the diagnosis, but mentioned the presence of metal flakes in the oil.  When I picked it up today, I pressed the service advisor about how they determined that and he couldn't give a solid answer.  They did not drain the oil and I confirmed that the engine still has oil in it.  I haven't drained the old to verify.

So I'm listing this car for sale with, what I assume to be, a bad engine.  The car starts, runs rough at low idle, and runs ok at higher ram. There's a bad clicking noise on the right side of the engine when it's running.  Sounds like a timing or vacuum to me, but what do I know. 

It needs new pads and rotors, the center dash speaker and the right rear speaker sound like crap, butother that that it's all good. 

I've had offers from junkyards for $2k.  I'm hoping it may be worth more than that to some on the forum.  Anyone interested?

pic to follow tomorrow