My Leon Tdi Sump plug was stripped !!!

[dfullb]

Had my leon cupra Tdi for just over a week, It was in need of some Tlc, so i have been V Busy ..

Thought i would treat it to new filters & oil Etc all round...

Came to remove the sump plug & all it did was turn, Only finger tight also & suffering with a slight oil weep !!!

Fcuk I thought ... managed after a short while to get it out, By using mole grips on the flats, Pulling a twisting ...

Somebody had stripped the threads on both the sump plug & in the sump, Wrapped lots of Ptfe around the plug & popped it back in finger tight... Feckers...

So !? what to do now... ?? Went to my local motor factors & got a selection of sump plugs, Tried most & no joy .. Tried finding a taper seat self tapping bolt, !! May as well of been asking for Rocking Horse Sh!t !!!
From a rough measurement the Seat plug was approx 14mm, In my selection i had an approx 16mm Peugot sump plug, Just too big to fit, So armed with the peugot plug, went in search of a Tap & drill !! Borrowed one from a friends Hydraulic shop & then preceded to drill & tap out in situ.... Low & behold, It appears to have done the Job

Swarf i hear you say !!?? Well the required drill size was wound in virtually by hand .. & the peugot plug was quite short in length, So i did not need to go full depth as such.. Plus i washed the sump out again & again with old engine oil ...

Managed to get myself out of some one elses fcuk up there & a Mini Crisis there for me ...

Dean

 

[matt110tdi]

another solution to this would be to seal around the plug with chemical metal or araldite and use a pela pump in future. There's no need to drain from the sump as the vacuum pump gets every bit out. Some people say they don't get every bit out but I've checked and they do. Also if you drain from the plug, you don't remove the half a litre of oil in the base of the filter housing. with a vacuum pump you can suck it out.

 

[beezanick]

I dont think a new sump is that expensive from the dealers - £30 from what people have said.

Im always nervous of stripping threads on an alu sump, or not doing the bolt up tight enough so it comes loose and dumps all the oil!

 

[rice-c87]

i have the same problem myn was bad last time i did the oil have to do it again has started to loose a lot of oil quickly i have been told to use a heli-coil? by my local vw specialist?

 

[the_fbi]

I use a Pela 6000 ( http://www.pelapumps.co.uk/default.aspx?A10PAGE=PL6000 ) on mine. As long as you have the right size socket (or a set of pump grips) to get the oil filter top off, you can do a complete oil and filter change in ~10 minutes (with warm oil).

The dirtiest part of the job is feeling for the lever to open the bonnet, the rest is clean!

 

[rice-c87]

i have the same problem with my 02 tdi 90 and have been trying for 2 months to get a pela pump from 3 different marine suplyers and no luck like rocking horse ****!!!!!!!!!!!

i am going to do my oil and put a 16mm plug in shoould do the job

 

[the_fbi]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310146295471

 

[rice-c87]

thanks fbi i have been told there is none in the contury will be purchesing 1 for future needs

 

[Viking]

Silverline do a similar piece of kit (as do other manufacturers to be fair) and you may find them cheaper and more available. Google for "oil extractor".

 

[beezanick]

I orded my pela pump several weeks ago and have been told that there are none in the contry till next week! Good thing ive still got 3000K till the next service...

 

[matt110tdi]

get one from the screwfix catalogue. they're the same bit of kit but under a different name.