Evening all, 2 months ago a taxi t boned me. Took details etc and he admitted fault.
I got the car home ok and spoke to the 3rd party insurance who offered to sort everything so it didn't go through mine. I didn't start the car for a few days following the accident but had to move it. On starting it, there seemed to be a bad misfire/lumpiness from the engine. I called third party made them aware and the car was collected for repair.
So 2 weeks ago the car was dropped back off at mine after the body work but still had the engine issue. The insurance are refusing to fix it as they reckon it's a pre existing issue. Obviously this isn't the case as the car is practically undrivable.
I've had a local place look at the car but its difficult to determine the exact cause of the fault.
Does anyone have advice on how I can prove the issue is due to the accident?
I got the car home ok and spoke to the 3rd party insurance who offered to sort everything so it didn't go through mine. I didn't start the car for a few days following the accident but had to move it. On starting it, there seemed to be a bad misfire/lumpiness from the engine. I called third party made them aware and the car was collected for repair.
So 2 weeks ago the car was dropped back off at mine after the body work but still had the engine issue. The insurance are refusing to fix it as they reckon it's a pre existing issue. Obviously this isn't the case as the car is practically undrivable.
I've had a local place look at the car but its difficult to determine the exact cause of the fault.
Does anyone have advice on how I can prove the issue is due to the accident?