McPikie

Do they just unbolt and come off or are there loads of other bits i have to unbolt first?

its coming off tonite, I am fuckin sick of that garage, they have "Took the rocker cover off"


THATS NOT WHERE THE FUCKIN PUMP IS THO IS IT

CabrioTurbo

PMSL yes mate they litterally just unbolt.. 10 mm ratchet is all you need.. (although you 'may' have to take the starter motor off to get to a coupple of the bolts, oh and the gearbox shit shield thing too)

zvhturbo

and the exhaust needs dropping.

martrs

Have fun trying to seal it

Lee Reynolds

Dont go for the 3 peice gaskets when reffiting

Lower exhaust
Remove starter.
remove gearbox flywheel cover.
10mm sockets and long extension for sump studs.
When refitting tighten in a diagonally spaced out sequence and dont overtighten!

zvhturbo

Remember to drain oil before removing as well

McPikie

Ah well, sump came off last night. Yes, the new owner did keep this car clean.................... shame the cunt didnt know what an oil change was


Fuckin sump was full of shite so everytime i booted it, all the crap went into the little gauze filter on the pick up and blocked it, hence no oil at top end but then starting fine the next day.

Wankers

So, new oil pump and a full flush being done today and will be out on the road ready for a thrashing tonight

CabrioTurbo

glad it aint fucked anything! how do the shells look while your there! for the sake of it, it may be worth changin the big ends at least. they are £25 from a motor factors!

McPikie

Everything else looked fine Phil (well, looked fine)

Im not changin the shells yet, if they go, they go. I have had the thing a week and not driven it properly yet. The missus is sick mate, as much as I am. She aint even seen it in the flesh yet, lol

CabrioTurbo

fair enough.. im guessing its a mk4 xr3i? any mods or is it bog standard?

McPikie

Yep, MK4.

Filter element and a cam as far as I am aware. Full stainless, needs a 4 branch tho

DazC

iTrader: (1)

Don't refit it with gasket jizz if you can help it....if you use a rubber gasket, make sure the surfaces are TOTALLY clean from oil and it will seal...

People lace the gaskets with jizz and it squeezes out into the sump and the pump sucks it up.....it's alright in moderation but caking it on will only casue problems...

McPikie

Already got me a nice rubber number Daz. I knew it would be that sealant shite, you could see it on the inside of the old gasket. Fucking cowboy bastards

kay2

where do you get the rubber gaskets from?? and how much are they

McPikie

Paid £7.99 from the local motor factors, although they dont seem to be able to get hold of the rubber rocker gasket for me which I really want.