General Damaged carter during oil change...
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General Damaged carter during oil change...
Yeh, make the garage buy a new one. They broke it, they fix it.
There is no cheap way to force him to so i switched to a new garage... but i really need a mew one
a FIAT service centre should be able to supply one..,
or there's always Ebay ad's from other European FIAT / Lancia dealers.
sorry what part do you mean?
the aluminium oil carter
Also known as the sump, or at least that's what I think you mean.
I mean the aluminium bath tub that holds the oil under the engine..
so they damaged the thread? or the seal face?
get a thread insert repair done, search for 'helicoil'
get a thread insert repair done, search for 'helicoil'
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Sorry to say but the work is more expensive than the part
They should be able to do a thread insert with the sump in place.
just do the work and then run 5-10 liter of cheap oil directly through the engine to clean out any debris (you do not run the engine with it) . then install new plug with a new copper gasket and good oil.
A good machine shop should be able to solve your problem without much hassle.
An other option is to cut out the thread you have now and TIG weld a new piece in ( thread included) ..... but i feel it would not be as easy to do ..+ the chance of leftover oil in the sump catching fire.
Thread insert + loctite
just do the work and then run 5-10 liter of cheap oil directly through the engine to clean out any debris (you do not run the engine with it) . then install new plug with a new copper gasket and good oil.
A good machine shop should be able to solve your problem without much hassle.
An other option is to cut out the thread you have now and TIG weld a new piece in ( thread included) ..... but i feel it would not be as easy to do ..+ the chance of leftover oil in the sump catching fire.
Thread insert + loctite
The thread pitch (distance between peaks of thread) is quite fine on the Bravo fitted with the aluminium sump, I'm not sure if there is a helicoil available to suit the original sump plug. There's also a sump plug thread repair kit which taps a new thread the next size up and comes with a suitably sized new plug. No need to replace the sump and as others have said the job can be done in situ at very reasonable cost. This is a standard repair operation in many garages, machine shops and motorcycle workshops, so no sweat - relax !
Al.
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I think it is meant as a temporary fix, but if there is adequate clearance inside, I can see people using it indefinitely. As it is difficult to remove again, it would hang when changing the oil, so a bit messy, but what a brilliant idea.
