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Ok really naughty wife grounded the car on its first day out and put a hole in the sump. Managed to get it home after it left most of its oil on the trip. Any tips on the best way to repair it. Thanks in advance :help: :sorry:

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Cheers Dan, I gather I will need to drain what's left of the gearbox oil. Remove sump and get a welder to fix it. Then refit fixed sump with new gasket. Top up with new oil? :(

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Guest Ian & Carole
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BW

 

35 from a Sierra it will be a flat bottomed steel one.

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Guest 2b cruising
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Manual gearbox time ;-)

Nah. MANual driver. Lol

Sorry Nikki. Please don't hit me.

Guest 2b cruising
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I hit a speed bump yesterday. Noise was frightening. I was relieved no puddle of oil. My engine sump on the dOHC is very low.

Very very lucky. I was around 35 miles from home.

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thats a bit of bad luck but after all your hard work did it have more power

 

Chris, strangely enough, it does have more poke.....but still not enough to keep me happy :)

Also before the incident with the sump being ripped open by a steel gate post footing (not even a speed bump) :( the brakes & gearbox felt a lot more lively.

 

But I will admit the drive all around the country lanes of Coleshill in the morning was very refreshing and the first time I felt happy with the reliability and speed of the car.

So getting the sump fixed and tracking down the oil leak around the distributor/fuel pump will be essential in the list of things to do on the nights after work this week.

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It might be worth fitting a thicker steel bottom to the pan - sumps will always get scraped, one way or another. My 3mm thick sump pan bottom has scrapes, but no dents!

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