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Re:[T3] sumps the same?


On 30 Nov 2005 at 20:20, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote:

> Yes, my dad clipped a manhole cover while on winter vacation earlier this 
> year. Ripped the oil sump plate half off, and dumped 3+ quarts of oil out in 
> seconds. :O  I had to send him a good plate and a new strainer so he could go back 
> to driving the car (there wasn't a good VW auto parts store near him). I have 
> the remains of the old sump here (was a Berg 1.5 qt sump), and it broke it up 
> pretty good. His car is also stock height, so using one on a lowered car is a 
> flip of the coin. If all you drive are nice smooth roads (something we don't 
> have here), then you could probably get away with using one.

Are you saying that all he had to do to fix this was remove the damaged sump? 
If so, I'd say he was lucky. My big concern would be that it would rip the 
bottom out of the case.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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