I was just going to do a service on mine the other day and lo and behold I tried cracking the sump plug(engine flush already in )and hey presto the sump popped a hole and lay bleeding to death on my drive so at 5.30 pm started calling round all parts places managed to get a new sump for £35 plus vat HERE IS HOW I DID IT WITHOUT REMOVING THE EXHAUST WHICH ALMOST CERTINLY WILL FALL APART ,BOLTS SNAP OR JUST BLOW LIKE A ****ER WHEN RE FITTED
STEP 1. JACK CAR UP OBV ....
STEP 2. USING 17MM SOCKET REMOVE THE CLUTCH PLATE COVER 2 BOLTS ON TOP 2 ON LOWER THIS IS A MUST TO GET THE SUMP OUT WITH EXHAUST STILL IN PLACE ....
STEP3. USING A 10MM SOCKET WITH EXTENSION BAR REMOVE THE 14 BOLTS HOLDING THE SUMP UP MINES WAS STILL FULL SO I POPPED A HOLE IN THE ARSE OF THE SUMP AND LET IT DRAIN OUT AS THE SUMP PLUG WAS GOOSED ....
STEP 4 . NOW THE TRICKY PART THE SUMP SHOULD BE LOOSE BUT WILL NOT DROP DUE TO SEALER HOLDING IT USE A FLAT BLADE DRIVER TO CAREFULY PRISE IT APART DO NOT BE HEAVY HANDED ON THIS PART OR YOU WILL TRASH THE MATING SURFACE OF THE SUMP/ENGINE SEAL CAUSING UNTOLD GREIF ....
STEP 5 . THE EXHAUST SHOULD BE THE ONLY THING IN YOUR WAY I OVERCAME THIS WITH ROTATING THE SUMP TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE CAR AND A LOT OF SCUFFED KNUCKLES AND SWEAR WORDS AHHA GET SOMEONE TO HELP AS IT TAKES QUITE A BIT TO GET IT OUT STICK AT IT AS I DID AND BELEIVE ME ITS POSSIBLE
STEP 6 . WITH THE OLD SUMP REMOVED USE A STANLEY BLADE TO SCRAPE THE OLD SEALER OFF MAKING SURE TO REMOVE IT ALL OR THE NEW SUMP WILL LEAK LIKE A SIEVE USE CLEANER OR SOME PETROL ON A CLEAN RAG TO FINAL CLEAN THE SURFACE
STEP 7 . OFFER UP THE SUMP AND SEE WHAT WAY IT GOES ON EASIEST ...
STEP 8. APPLY SEALER TO NEW SUMP AND WITH A FRIEND AWWW FRIENDS AHHA REPLACE THE SUMP INTO POSITION ..
STEP 9 . FASTEN UP THE 14 BOLTS USING A X PATERN OR ANY METHOD YOU CHOOSE AS LONG AS ITS NOT IN DIRECT LINE THIS FORCES THE SEALER BACK OUT AND BALLS UP THE WHOLE JOB RAGING LOL
STEP 10.LEAVE THE SEALER FOR AN HOUR OR SO TO GO OFF AND GET A GOOD SEAL MEANWHILE CHANGE THE OIL FILTER OVER CHANCES ARE (LIKE MINE) THE PREVIOUS OWNER COULDNT PUT A NUT IN A MONKEYS MOUTH THE FILTER WAS WELDED INTO PLACE IN THIS CASE POP A STRAIT SCREWDRIVER STRAIT THROUGH IT AND TURN MAGIC IT WORKS MESSY THOUGH
PS I TOOK A PIECE OF WOOD AND A PERSUADER TO SLIGHTLY BEND THE SUMP IN YOU WILL SEE WHERE IT HITS THE EXHAUST ON THE WAY OUT SO IT WILL DO THE SAME ON THAT WAY BACK IN BEND IT A LITTLE AND IT WILL GO BACK IN EASIER THAN IT CAME OUT USE OLD SUMP AS A REFRENCE WHEN DOING SO AS YOU WILL SEE THE RUBBING MARKS ON OLD SUMP WHERE YOU TRIED REMOVING IT
THIS IS HOW I DID IT WITHOUT REMOVING THE THE EXHAUST ITS MORE DIFFICULT BUT WORTH IT IF YOU DONT WANT TO CHANGE THE FULL EXHUST SYSTEM OR IF YOU DO CUT THE EXHAUST OUT OF THE WAY SIMPLES HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE AS THERE WAS NOT MUCH INFO ON THIS