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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: leigh_harty on 06 February 2012, 19:03
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So my oil pressure light kept on shouting at me at low revs and the vr tapped like that famous tap dancing guy in the mornings..... This is why
Pulled this crap from the oil pick up pipe, the big bits are 50p wide in comparison
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p119/leigh_harty/8243ef57.jpg)
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What the fcuk was it? :grin:
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Fook me! Did you stick a new sump baffle in there?
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Havent a clue lol :grin: Hoping smart people come along! Car now sounds sweet on these cold mornings so least its sorted before major $$
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My question answers yours :grin:
It's the sump baffle.
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Haha least i now know what it is... Its all back together now so not wanting to take sump back off... Is this baffle needed?
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Haha least i now know what it is... Its all back together now so not wanting to take sump back off... Is this baffle needed?
Ideally, yes. It stops oil from swishing round to one side of the sump during cornering and away from the pick up. For road use its not really a must, but for fast road you want to have it. Last thing you want to do is blow the engine halfway through a fast corner.
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Ideally, yes. It stops oil from swishing round to one side of the sump during cornering and away from the pick up. For road use its not really a must, but for fast road you want to have it. Last thing you want to do is blow the engine halfway through a fast corner.
Cheers dude, its a vr so will only do straight lines anyway :tongue:
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That is the remains of the baffle plate from the oil pump.
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Why would the sump baffle disintegrate though, unless it was incorrectly fitted and fouling on the cranks?
Initially I suspected the water pump veins as they commonly break off but they'd be floating about in the cooling system, not the sump. Either way that engine needs a bloody good clear out.
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Why would the sump baffle disintegrate though, unless it was incorrectly fitted and fouling on the cranks?
Initially I suspected the water pump veins as they commonly break off but they'd be floating about in the cooling system, not the sump. Either way that engine needs a bloody good clear out.
Because the sump is made of plastic. Over the years the heat cycle makes the plastic brittle, as with every plastic part in the engine and ancillaries, and eventually the plastic breaks off.
I know sump off is a ballache, but I'd stick a new baffle in there, especially in an oil hungry VR6.
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Thankfully it's not really an oil burner! But I know where your coming from, if it wasn't needed then why would vw put it their! Sadly though it'll have to wait, ill drive like a granny for abit and save some petrol monies
Had the pump completely off and cleaned up and nothing got through the gauze part, ironically the sump was clean. Filter and housing was also crap free.
I'll wait till I can afford a new oil pump next month after MOT time... In the meanwhile keep a close eye on oil level
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It will be fine without it, all it was fitted for is to stop oil surge under hard cornering plus it should keep some oil around the pick up pipe.
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I would take the sump off and give it a thorough check. How can you be certain all that plastic is out?
Better to be safe than sorry!
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I needed change my oil so sump came of last sunday. Oil pump was totally removed and checked. As far as I'm aware its all removed. Car is a lot quieter starting up in the frosty mornings and the oul pressure light hasn't come on
Let this be a lesson to everyone, it pays to check the pick up pipe. Cost me a tube of sealant an abit more time and compared to what could have been.... :smiley: