How easy is it to take the sump off in situ, Do you have to take out the engine, just lift it a bit or can you take it off without lifting at all.

 

If you can take it off in the car can you drop all the main bearing caps to change the shells and is the oil pump easy to take off.

 

Cheers

you can drop the sump with the engine in the car but you need to drop the cross member. as for the oil pump, yes i would say it can be done, but its a lot of work.

How easy is it to take the sump off in situ, Do you have to take out the engine, just lift it a bit or can you take it off without lifting at all.

 

If you can take it off in the car can you drop all the main bearing caps to change the shells and is the oil pump easy to take off.

 

Cheers

 

engine needs to be held up via crane,steering uj slackened,crossmember dropped,oil and filter drained,oil feeds and turbo return feeds disconected,sump removed, connecting rod caps,crank main beam,oil strainer and crank itself,also the front of the engine needs to be stripped to replace oil pump inc timing belt&tensioner and sprocket, oil pump cannot be removed without sump removal&oil strainer!

id recomend a service manual for vital specific torque settings ;)

pic of bottom end for you

Wow thats a great scimatic.

 

Thats an engine out job, the reason I ask is I am getting a slight grumble at start up and wanted to check the main brgs and if needed change them out along with the oil pump.

 

Never mind hey.

 

Cheers for that guys, Scrawni.

Wow thats a great scimatic.

 

Thats an engine out job, the reason I ask is I am getting a slight grumble at start up and wanted to check the main brgs and if needed change them out along with the oil pump.

 

Never mind hey.

 

Cheers for that guys, Scrawni.

 

 

no you dont need engine out,you do if your removing rods&pistons,but crank and bearings can be done in situ ;)