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[Shackeng]

Sadly the sump plug has stripped again (see post from 2011), ( sump drain pump had packed up, so have done the last few changes the old fashioned way.) I guess it will be helicoil next, I can get a kit that size for £13.

[biggriffin]

Get 2nd hand sump.

[Shackeng]

Get 2nd hand sump.

Changing sump not an easy option on a TD. Plus the thread is just as likely to have gone or been weakened.

[Seth]

Sadly the sump plug has stripped again (see post from 2011), ( sump drain pump had packed up, so have done the last few changes the old fashioned way.) I guess it will be helicoil next, I can get a kit that size for £13.

So long as it ain't the actual cast boss that isn't split ... as (once upon a time) happened to moi

TD sumps cannot be removed without dropping-off the front subframe. Sorry Shack ...

[Shackeng]

Sadly the sump plug has stripped again (see post from 2011), ( sump drain pump had packed up, so have done the last few changes the old fashioned way.) I guess it will be helicoil next, I can get a kit that size for £13.

So long as it ain't the actual cast boss that isn't split ... as (once upon a time) happened to moi

TD sumps cannot be removed without dropping-off the front subframe. Sorry Shack ...

...as I learnt from your post in 2011 Byron! Hence opting for helicoil.

[TheBoy]

I helicoiled mine. BMW did make the sump from monkey metal, replacement will just strip.


When I said I helicoiled it, more accurately, that DTM fella did it for me

[Agemo]

I Helicoiled mine a couple of years back, did the job a treat. It was a doddle to do, and better than the original. As said, swapping sumps is a Pig on the TD. I bought a cheapo set off ebay, can't remember how much but it was cheap and good.

[Omegatoy]

when i had this I bought a p******t I think sump plug which was just a nice size up from the original, tapped it out and never had any more problems,cant remember the size now but it was just right

[Shackeng]

when i had this I bought a p******t I think sump plug which was just a nice size up from the original, tapped it out and never had any more problems,cant remember the size now but it was just right

Exactly what I did 3 years ago, and have only done 20k since, so 6 or 7 oil changes, only about 4 via the sump plug, and having had it strip once I was very light handed. I think the sump is made of chocolate!

[Keith ABS]

Try fiting a Sahlbus oil drain valve afterwards, M14 x 1.5 is the thread size. Mine cost 37 quid delivered. Makes oil changes a lot easier
Keith B

[Marks DTM Calib]

Try fiting a Sahlbus oil drain valve afterwards, M14 x 1.5 is the thread size. Mine cost 37 quid delivered. Makes oil changes a lot easier
Keith B

Ha ha, ........oh MR The Boy I am sure had an interesting experience with one of those types of device pmsl

[TheBoy]

Try fiting a Sahlbus oil drain valve afterwards, M14 x 1.5 is the thread size. Mine cost 37 quid delivered. Makes oil changes a lot easier
Keith B

Ha ha, ........oh MR The Boy I am sure had an interesting experience with one of those types of device pmsl

I blame the fitter

[TheBoy]

Try fiting a Sahlbus oil drain valve afterwards, M14 x 1.5 is the thread size. Mine cost 37 quid delivered. Makes oil changes a lot easier
Keith B

Check how low they hang, as mustn't be lower than the ribs/web of the sump each side of the drain plug...

...if it is lower, the landing after an 80mph launch does result in a catastrophic oil leak...


I never did find the drain plug/tap following this incident, but the helicoil it was screwed into survived without any damage. Threw in a spark plug, popped in some oil, drove home (slowly!), went back to a traditional drain plug.

Helicoil sump plug is the way forward on these engines

[Shackeng]

Try fiting a Sahlbus oil drain valve afterwards, M14 x 1.5 is the thread size. Mine cost 37 quid delivered. Makes oil changes a lot easier
Keith B

Check how low they hang, as mustn't be lower than the ribs/web of the sump each side of the drain plug...

...if it is lower, the landing after an 80mph launch does result in a catastrophic oil leak...


I never did find the drain plug/tap following this incident, but the helicoil it was screwed into survived without any damage. Threw in a spark plug, popped in some oil, drove home (slowly!), went back to a traditional drain plug.

Helicoil sump plug is the way forward on these engines

 

[TheBoy]

Try fiting a Sahlbus oil drain valve afterwards, M14 x 1.5 is the thread size. Mine cost 37 quid delivered. Makes oil changes a lot easier
Keith B

Check how low they hang, as mustn't be lower than the ribs/web of the sump each side of the drain plug...

...if it is lower, the landing after an 80mph launch does result in a catastrophic oil leak...


I never did find the drain plug/tap following this incident, but the helicoil it was screwed into survived without any damage. Threw in a spark plug, popped in some oil, drove home (slowly!), went back to a traditional drain plug.

Helicoil sump plug is the way forward on these engines

Maybe Marks DTM can remember how long the easy drain/tap thingie lasted. I don't think I managed a week with it