Golf GTI TDI PD 150 Hole in sump - engine damage?
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The other day I was joining a main road (sliproad) from a roundabout and as I did so I noticed a large lump of stone or brick in road, not far in front. There was not enough time to totally avoid it and as I would have initally hit my wheel on it I adjusted my path and aimed it for the centre of my car, hoping it would pass under. Wrong. Bang.
Joined main carriageway, turned radio off and listened for unusual sounds (nothing), kept speed 40-50 and kept looking in rear view mirror and checking dash for warning signs (nothing as yet). 1 mile later - STOP - low oil pressure warning came on. Thankfully a layby was alongside me and I stopped within maybe 5 seconds or so of the light coming on covering maybe 100 yards in the process.
Checked under the car and oil was still running out of a hole in the sump of approx 2cms diameter. I have a new sump etc on order and will be fitting it this weekend. Question is....do you think I will have done any lasting damage to the engine? I could check out big end bearings while the sump is off I suppose. Would would I look for? I mean I don't want to just replace the sump and then find the bearings are shagged, so I have to do the whole process again, when I presume changing the big end bearings is fairly easy when the sump is removed?
Thoughts please....cheers!
Joined main carriageway, turned radio off and listened for unusual sounds (nothing), kept speed 40-50 and kept looking in rear view mirror and checking dash for warning signs (nothing as yet). 1 mile later - STOP - low oil pressure warning came on. Thankfully a layby was alongside me and I stopped within maybe 5 seconds or so of the light coming on covering maybe 100 yards in the process.
Checked under the car and oil was still running out of a hole in the sump of approx 2cms diameter. I have a new sump etc on order and will be fitting it this weekend. Question is....do you think I will have done any lasting damage to the engine? I could check out big end bearings while the sump is off I suppose. Would would I look for? I mean I don't want to just replace the sump and then find the bearings are shagged, so I have to do the whole process again, when I presume changing the big end bearings is fairly easy when the sump is removed?
Thoughts please....cheers!
Thanks Guys, I'll go for it and hope for the best. I've only had the car 6 months and not had the best of luck with it (Camshaft failure), but I'm not giving up yet as I really suits my needs right now. James, how much more bad luck am I going to get this year? I sometimes think that if I fell in a bucket of tits I would come up sucking my thumb lol 
Oh just to rub salt in the wounds, I had just fitted my Alpine IXA-W407BT stereo in it that morning........at least I can play my ipod while working under the car I suppose.
Oh just to rub salt in the wounds, I had just fitted my Alpine IXA-W407BT stereo in it that morning........at least I can play my ipod while working under the car I suppose.
PorkerSean said:
James, how much more bad luck am I going to get this year? I sometimes think that if I fell in a bucket of tits I would come up sucking my thumb lol
lol never heard that expression before... look on the bright side mate it's a lump of metal and plastic and can always be sorted by throwing a few quid at it 
Take the boost pipe off and check for play in the turbo shaft, turbo is the first thing to fail in oil pressure loss. If the turbo feels fine, there will be no other damage to the engine.
5-10 seconds after the light comes on should be safe with no oil pressure even for a turbo, unless you were doing 5000 rpm or somthing daft.
5-10 seconds after the light comes on should be safe with no oil pressure even for a turbo, unless you were doing 5000 rpm or somthing daft.
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