today i was changing the valve stem oil seals on my erst s2 and half way throgh i dropped on of the valve collets down the oil galey
i heared it hit the sump so i went and got a new sump gasket.
right so i started taking off all the shit i had to to get at the sump. iv got everything off took all the sump bolt out but i cant get the sump off how the fuck does it come off. iv been trying for about 3 hours and still no joy. has anyone got any tips how to get it off.
it's just stuck iv tryed getting a srew driver in betwen it but it's to tight and there is no room to swing a hammer

please help other wise in going to have a nerves brakdown

thanks for looking

 

they have always come off ok for me. sure you haven't missed a bolt? how about tapping it with a rubber mallet? anyway i would just have left the collet in the sump, i doubt it would go anywhere

 

even if there was a bolt left at least part of it would start to come away from the block!

i'd go with the tapping with mallet idea and double check all the bolts too, there are loads of the little fuckers.
some one may of siliconed it in or something so when u do get it off u might have to clean it up and scrape the old crap off

a tip for putting it back on, put the gasket on the sump and push all the bolts through their holes to hold it in place then offer it up to the block and get some screwed in.
its a pig otherise and u'll be there another 3 hours trying to get the gasket to stay in the right place while trying to bolt it up.

 

iv checked about a 1000 times to see if iv left any bolts and there all out

i probibly could leave it in there but i will always be woried about it getting jammed up somewere

 

I use a bit of 2x2, just keep smacking it.

 

i think i will try the mallet or hammer way i will get a nice block of wood and smash fuck off it

 

go for running a knife along it too.

even if its just one side then pry that side open a bit and it'll give u a bit of leverage to pull the rest off.

thats if its siliconed in there btw.
its ifs just tight on the gasket then wack it. it'll go in the end.

and try prying it and wacking it at the same time

 

thats the way im going to go just keep wacking it

 

I did the same on my sisters xr2i about 12 years ago..


just got another collet and left the other in the sump

 

whats the chances of it get chucked back around the engine? could the oil pick up suck it up or does it a have a filter on it?

 

Well I asked a mechanic mate of mine at the time and he said just leave it. He said the pickup has a gauze on it anyway so even if it did get to the head of the pickup it won't go anywhere.

My sister ran the car for a year or so after with no probs.

FWIW though I'm not reccomending you do it, but if it's in the sump I'd be pretty sure it can't go anywhere based on what I was told.

If it was my car though it'd bug me and I'd get it out. Have you ried a telescopic magnet down the oil drain hole to pick it up?