After six years of trouble free Vrs driving I've had my first 'incident'. Due to the bad weather we've had there have been some really bad potholes developing and I managed to hit a rather large one, grounding the car. I pulled over, had a quick check underneath and saw nothing amiss....until the morning when I was greeted by a puddle of oil :(. Upon closer inspection the sump has a hairline 'groove' next to the sump plug resulting in a very slow drip.

So I took it to the local garage who quoted £200 to repair the sump (aluminium weld) with replacement oil etc. However looking online I can get a new one which I would feel more comfortable about for £50. Problem is there are two types for the VRS and as my car is in the garage not on my drive I'm unsure which one to order as I can't check.

My link

So my question is - With or without sender hole? I suspect it's with but wanna be sure before I order.

Its a mk1 2004 Vrs (AUQ).

Mk4 Platform Shallow Sump

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Yeah I've seen those m8. I would prefer oem atm though due to keeping costs down .

After six years of trouble free Vrs driving I've had my first 'incident'. Due to the bad weather we've had there have been some really bad potholes developing and I managed to hit a rather large one, grounding the car. I pulled over, had a quick check underneath and saw nothing amiss....until the morning when I was greeted by a puddle of oil :(. Upon closer inspection the sump has a hairline 'groove' next to the sump plug resulting in a very slow drip.

So I took it to the local garage who quoted £200 to repair the sump (aluminium weld) with replacement oil etc. However looking online I can get a new one which I would feel more comfortable about for £50. Problem is there are two types for the VRS and as my car is in the garage not on my drive I'm unsure which one to order as I can't check.

My link

So my question is - With or without sender hole? I suspect it's with but wanna be sure before I order.

Its a mk1 2004 Vrs (AUQ).

Hi there, bad luck on the cracked sump.

If it is a std one to replace yours then from your link you need the second one(with sensor hole) as the VRS has that on it.

I will be getting a shallow sump later on as my motor is lowered quite a bit.

Fair enough, the european spec sump seem really cheap at the mo.

When I changed mine, those Brazillian OEM shallow sumps where cheaper !

You'd also want the european OEM one with the sender hole

Excellent. Thanks for the help guys.

I did a sump replacement guide if you need it. Very easy

I have no means to get it home from the garage now without filling it back up with oil so by the time I've paid for that I may as well pay 1hrs labour and get him to fit the new one. I've got a haynes manual for the standard octy so I can't imagine it would be much different for a vrs. I would however like your guide too m8 if possible. Is it posted here?

Thx

new sump from skoda is £50 ish

while changing the sump get them to replace the pickup pipe £8 from skoda a must imo while sump is off

must be some kind of 'international sump mountain' at the mo, when I needed to replace my sump, european ones where coming out @ £200, whereas the brazillian was £150 :wonder:

a genuine one is £92.01+ vat, cheaper of course with staff discount lol!