I would start with, is the engine really blown?
Dealers are very hungry right now, and there have been many cases of unnecessary work, even though they may be technically correct in some ways that the engine is 'blown'.
But, if you drove it very low on oil, a blown engine is what you would get. 3 or 4 quarts in 5000 miles would be a pretty heavy oil consumption rate, but our '05 forester usually uses almost a quart in 3000 miles.
I would like to know if the engine had oil on the bottom of it, if the oil drain -plug came out of if the oil filter was loose whomever last changed the oil owes you an engine.
My dealer once left the drain-plug finger-tight.
Did the engine make horrible clattering/knocking sounds?
What is driving their judgement it needs an engine?
Does it even start?
You could consider putting in a junkyard engine, dealer might balk but other garages wouldn't.
Dealers are very hungry right now, and there have been many cases of unnecessary work, even though they may be technically correct in some ways that the engine is 'blown'.
But, if you drove it very low on oil, a blown engine is what you would get. 3 or 4 quarts in 5000 miles would be a pretty heavy oil consumption rate, but our '05 forester usually uses almost a quart in 3000 miles.
I would like to know if the engine had oil on the bottom of it, if the oil drain -plug came out of if the oil filter was loose whomever last changed the oil owes you an engine.
My dealer once left the drain-plug finger-tight.
Did the engine make horrible clattering/knocking sounds?
What is driving their judgement it needs an engine?
Does it even start?
You could consider putting in a junkyard engine, dealer might balk but other garages wouldn't.