182 Sump Gasket Weeping

[Adam69]

Ren have quoted me 380 pounds to fix this! The gasket is 20 pounds and the time to fix this is 6 and a half hours Ren have said. I know you need to either drop the sub frame or lift the engine to drop the sump. This cost is far too much from Ren.....could any garage do this job?? please could someone give me some advice!!cheers!!!

 

[mark989]

is it losing alot of oil? or just a weep as in next to nothing.

 

[lemonnobby]

Weeping i wouldnt even worry unless its was chucking it out. the new one would leak more

 

[Anim@l]

Weeping i wouldnt even worry unless its was chucking it out. the new one would leak more

Ha ha! At least you're honest Paul.

 

[sideways danny]

6.5 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lazy workshy muppets. 2-2.5 hours I recon. Had one off the other day.

 

[Adam69]

The catch tray has oil on it. The head gasket went on the car and the whole thing was fixed by Ren....cambelt, aux belt...all gaskets....they said they didn't touch the sump...strange how its only started to leak 2 months after they touched the engine....so you reckon I can take this to any garage to get sorted as long as they copy the tighting map of bolts by 8nm and 13nm. The oil is just weeping.....but a 05 reg on 26,000 should not be doing that!!!!GRRRR!

 

[sideways danny]

to be fair, they nearly ALL weep to a certain extent, even with very low milage

 

[Adam69]

Hmmmm it's a tricky one. Will just have to keep an eye on it as I don't really want to shed out 380 pounds for a leak that is just going to come back!!what would happen if you just tightened the bolts in the correct order to tighten the seal.....just a thought.....

 

[Fred@BTM]

you won't get access to some of the bolts if you don't lift the engine

i wouldn't worry about it if its only leaking a tiny bit

 

[Adam69]

It is dripping down the back of the sump....will ask Ren how much it is leaking and see if it is bad....but just annoyed that such a low mileage car would already leak oil!but then again it is a Ren!!!!the oil is leaking over to the gear selector seal which I thought was leaking...but it seems its the sump gasket! any idea of how much a garage should charge to do this job Fred? cheers.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'd charge £150 to do it, not hard, just a fiddle

 

[Adam69]

i'd charge £150 to do it, not hard, just a fiddle

Cheers Fred.....got a friend who lives in Birmingham so could stay up there whilst the car is getting fixed or something....will keep you updated on what I plan to do...cheers for the advice!

 

[sideways danny]

i'd charge £150 to do it, not hard, just a fiddle

was going to say, about 150-200 including parts. £380 is a piss-take

 

[graw551]

i think you'll find to get the sump off you'll have to take off the whole sub frame including the steering rack which is a big job

 

[Adam69]

The actually price from Ren is 530 pounds. They offered me a discount to 380 pounds as I was a loyal customer! I may say look....car has had so many oil leaks I will give you 200 pounds max for doing the job! why do they make things so difficult!

 

[sideways danny]

i think you'll find to get the sump off you'll have to take off the whole sub frame including the steering rack which is a big job

pmsl, no way. Like i already said, I did it the other day, less than an hour to take the sump off

 

[sideways danny]

The actually price from Ren is 530 pounds. They offered me a discount to 380 pounds as I was a loyal customer! I may say look....car has had so many oil leaks I will give you 200 pounds max for doing the job! why do they make things so difficult!

robbing c***s. shout at them and leave