adrian_celati Donating Members 82 Member For: 15y 10m 7d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 09:10 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 09:10 AM Hi all,was looking under the car and found an oil leak. It was coming from turbo oil line (the one on the driver's side of the oil sump) so went to tighten it and it looks like some goose has previously stripped the thread and bothched it up with loctite. So need to replace the oil sump, does anyone know what these cost? Can I get one from someone other than Ford as they will rip me off?Cheers.P.S always use jack stands and a trolley jack when working on a car, I was stupid and used two scissor jacks, one of which failed when I applied some force to the bolt, scared the sh*t out of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEXXED Banned Banned 910 Member For: 12y 3m 28d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 09:22 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 09:22 AM You can get it re tapped mate for a slightly larger bolt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_celati Donating Members 82 Member For: 15y 10m 7d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 09:31 AM Author Share Posted 22/10/12 09:31 AM You can get it re tapped mate for a slightly larger bolt.Yeah was thinking that too, have only tapped a thread once before.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stee3 Member 194 Member For: 13y 4m 23d Posted 22/10/12 09:38 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 09:38 AM Brand new turbo sump is $300 for Ford. To replace the sump the motor needs to come out. Like GTXXED said just retap it with a slightly larger tap or screw in a larger bolt. Most mechanics can do it any workshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_celati Donating Members 82 Member For: 15y 10m 7d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 09:44 AM Author Share Posted 22/10/12 09:44 AM Brand new turbo sump is $300 for Ford. To replace the sump the motor needs to come out. Like GTXXED said just retap it with a slightly larger tap or screw in a larger bolt. Most mechanics can do it any workshop.Being aluminium or whatever the sump is made of, can I just screw in a bigger bolt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stee3 Member 194 Member For: 13y 4m 23d Posted 22/10/12 10:01 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 10:01 AM Being aluminium or whatever the sump is made of, can I just screw in a bigger bolt?that's what I would do and use silicon around the gasket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 15y 22d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 22/10/12 10:01 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 10:01 AM helicoil is your friend 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 7m 18d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 10:40 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 10:40 AM Dont go trying to put another bolt in there without retapping it otherwise you will phuck it more than the first bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosij Donating Members 2,045 Member For: 13y 3m 6d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 11:02 AM Share Posted 22/10/12 11:02 AM I farked mine! Just used several washers and done the bolt up untill it got tight. And packed in the gasket goo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian_celati Donating Members 82 Member For: 15y 10m 7d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/12 12:59 PM Author Share Posted 22/10/12 12:59 PM The thread in the oil sump seems to go a fair bit deeper than the length of the bolt, will a new bolt that is longer screw in or just end stripping the rest of the thread?Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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