When doing the rear bank of tappets one the tappets itself managed to slip and fall down the back oil well:
Now apparently I need to remove my sump. I've already drained the oil out (fresh oil from last week...) but I was wondering how I would go about removing the rest of the sump? I know there are roughly a dozen 10mm bolts that hold it on, but what components do I need to remove to take it off? And does that oil well lead directly to the sump itself?
Not sure as to if you need to remove starter or not, its been a while since ive had a look under there...
Starter is easy to get in and out though. Just loosen the bolts at the top of the exhaust pipe next to the starter motor so you can wiggle the starter motor through there as the exhaust gets in the way a little bit (again go easy, been a while since ive looked, 99% sure its bottom of headers). Make sure you disconnect your battery first, too.
Then its just two (or three ) bolts for the starter itself to come out. I managed to do it in like ten minutes.
I fix cars.
Bennoz wrote:I got Bali beli & sharted on my phone. But it was fun
just remove all bolts (may have to remove starter) then carefully pry off using flathead driver with wide flat head so not to damage sump and it will come off. Just scrap off all excess goo and clean and degrease before adding new sealant and putting back together
Could also get caught on the crank shaft too.
At TAFE a student accidently dropped a washer down an oil gallery in a diesel engine, pulled the sump off and retrieved it.
mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done!
Daniel2019 wrote:Come on phil, we bonded at the bonfire, lets be honest here...me and phil are besties now...
Straight through head and block to sump. Even use straight piece of steel like coat hanger or welding rod to poke down to clear it. Just dont turn it over till out it will be fine seeing as you know its there before any damage done
At least you can clean the gunk out your sump and get it sealed again. Plus its not like you ran the engine and destroyed it, it just took a bit longer to change the tappets.
Wouldn't expect the car to go that crazy with just the MAF sensor unplugged. It seemed like something was seriously wrong with the car, kind of like when you had the vacuum line unplugged
) bolts for the starter itself to come out. I managed to do it in like ten minutes.
