Sump Plug Crossthreaded

pepsilol · 14 Mar 2016 at 16:31

Yup as predicted, all that hoo hah over nothing

Cross threading a sump bolt is bloody difficult.

Amraam · 14 Mar 2016 at 17:19

pepsilol said:
Yup as predicted, all that hoo hah over nothing

Cross threading a sump bolt is bloody difficult.

Well the plot thickens ha. Got home. Took the under tray off so I could put cardboard under over night, and immediately I could see it wasn't fixed. Fresh pool of oil on it,and it's now dripping even faster.

snapdragon69 · 14 Mar 2016 at 17:54

I have had a helicoil on two previous cars' sumps over the years with aluminium sumps. One was done by the dealer and the other a back-street engineering place who said they would put the old oil back in but I was worried about dirt dropping in it so gave them new oil and that was OK. About £60 IIRC.

Amraam · 14 Mar 2016 at 18:55

snapdragon69 said:
I have had a helicoil on two previous cars' sumps over the years with aluminium sumps. One was done by the dealer and the other a back-street engineering place who said they would put the old oil back in but I was worried about dirt dropping in it so gave them new oil and that was OK. About £60 IIRC.

I thought about that but the pan on mine is steel. Is it still doable? I've also since for D out I'm looking at £150 for a new sump and sealant so I'm not sure which option to go with..