Spiky 37 Posted April 4, 2007 ok, my orginal sump is battered and fooked so fitting a gti-6 one i assume it's a straight fit? do i take off the spacer? and just fit the sump to the block? also sealing is there a gasket? or just sealant? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted April 4, 2007 It does bolt on, You'll need shorter sump bolts which should come with the sump and just use good qulaity sealent for the join, And yes the block stiffener (spacer) comes off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ahl 4 Posted April 4, 2007 Surely its not a good idea to remove the stiffener plate on the alloy engine? The crank goes out of true easily enough with the plate on. I think I'd opt to keep the plate and just fill it with more oil too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted April 5, 2007 It does bolt on, You'll need shorter sump bolts which should come with the sump and just use good qulaity sealent for the join, And yes the block stiffener (spacer) comes off. sadly it didn't come with the bolts nor did it have the temp sender do you know how long the bolts are? and will the sender from my sump bolt straight in? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted April 5, 2007 The Alloy sump takes some of the strength of the plate but on a normal 8v engine I;ve never had a problem not running it, the 405 and BX didn't have this fitted either and 5bhp shy and more torque or in the real world I expect the same power in both. I'll see if I have any bolt's kicking around to measure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted April 5, 2007 well i have just taken my tin sump off and there is no spacer plate , so given the fact the sump has been badly hit from underneath and no spacer plate i'm not supprised i was have oil surge isues even at low speed glad i changing the sumpo before track on saturday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted April 5, 2007 The Alloy sump takes some of the strength of the plate but on a normal 8v engine I;ve never had a problem not running it, the 405 and BX didn't have this fitted either and 5bhp shy and more torque or in the real world I expect the same power in both.I'll see if I have any bolt's kicking around to measure great news, and much appreciate the size of the bolts, though as i have no spacer plate i guess i can use the one's i just took off???? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted April 5, 2007 ok got my new gasket and sealer, i assume i put sealer on both sides of the gasket? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted April 5, 2007 I don;t use gasket's as sealent does the job just fine is the right one, Or the gasket goes on dry and compress's up slowly so it's a case of checking the bolt's a couple of times before oil then again once up to temp and cooled down Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted April 5, 2007 what torque setting? or just do up enough so to speak Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spiky 37 Posted April 5, 2007 bloody oil temp senders are different Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted April 7, 2007 Maybe you need one of the new 14mm thread oil temp senders, Pug part #0242 81? Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
