I was rummaging around underneath The Younger Mrs S'. Rasputin looking for a persistent oil drip.... and I noticed some bodgery of the sump. It had looked in not bad shape when I bought it.. but some wet weather and then idleness over the Miley lock-down has not been kind to it.
It seems that a previous owner had spray painted (Hammerite?)) over some previous semi-hardened finish (underseal?) which had obviously since decided that the rust already on the sump, and 120C of oil temperature were not quite its cup of tea, and so has started to abandon ship.
I didn't want to poke at it too much in case it all got emotional... but it *looks* like the sump has a hole in it and the oil is eventually working its way out through the different layers until it reaches freedom.
I may be wrong and maybe a good soda-blast and re-poxy is all that's needed (the oil could just be spreading from the plug) but if the sump is terminally knackered, is the sump straight forward to remove?
I can see the exhaust is in the way (should be no bother for a man armed with spare studs/bolts and an angle grinder) but is the pickup a "dangler" or a "dog-leg" (that needs manouvering of the sump to get it on? I suppose I could just try it... but curious about any forewarning/tips so I can be ready and give myself enough time for it.
Ralf S.
It seems that a previous owner had spray painted (Hammerite?)) over some previous semi-hardened finish (underseal?) which had obviously since decided that the rust already on the sump, and 120C of oil temperature were not quite its cup of tea, and so has started to abandon ship.
I didn't want to poke at it too much in case it all got emotional... but it *looks* like the sump has a hole in it and the oil is eventually working its way out through the different layers until it reaches freedom.
I may be wrong and maybe a good soda-blast and re-poxy is all that's needed (the oil could just be spreading from the plug) but if the sump is terminally knackered, is the sump straight forward to remove?
I can see the exhaust is in the way (should be no bother for a man armed with spare studs/bolts and an angle grinder) but is the pickup a "dangler" or a "dog-leg" (that needs manouvering of the sump to get it on? I suppose I could just try it... but curious about any forewarning/tips so I can be ready and give myself enough time for it.
Ralf S.