Author Topic: oil from sump bolt  (Read 812 times)

Offline Dalo Harkin

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oil from sump bolt
« on: 22 July 2012, 08:20 »
Losing oil from sump bolt, dont want to tighten anymore incase i knacker the thread.
any ideas  :undecided:
seen its quite common....
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Re: oil from sump bolt
« Reply #1 on: 22 July 2012, 09:31 »
Get a new nut and washer... :wink:

Never changed one on mk3 but normally the washer wears allowing oil to drip out. Sometimes they are a compression washer and this fails after being removed and refitted all the time.

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Re: oil from sump bolt
« Reply #2 on: 22 July 2012, 10:48 »
I would be suprised uf it is the drain plug thats jiggered, the mk4 ones are very good quality even though the stealers will give you a new one with a filter, more likely to be damaged threads on the sump, common fault.