Shallow Sump

[Bertee]

I have just got a call from a VW specialist who is servicing my car to tell me that on the last service the sump plug was over tightened which has stripped the thread.

I had noticed a small drop of oil coming out over the last year, but only the odd drop.

Anyway, rather than replace the standard sump I might as well go shallow so... Anyone know of any really good deals at the moment?

I have looked at Awesome who want £131.99 + P&P.

[snow_muncher]

G-werks £129.99 + P&P ( £138.48 delivered ) Edited 29 July, 2011 by snow_muncher

[Bertee]

I did see that one but I will need gaskets, sealant and for the difference in price Awesome would be the better option.

On another note, the shallow sumps don't come with an oil level sensor hole?

[snow_muncher]

The oil level sensor can be mounted to the bottom of the sump

It's not ideal, but does sit higher than the bottom of the OEM sump

[Bertee]

Is there not a way to knock out the sensor? Sort of defeats the object of having a shallow sump if I have to have the sensor at the bottom.

I take it I can't just short it, it's gonna take a resistor or some type of re-coding?

[snow_muncher]

As said, the oil sensor does sit higher than lowest point of the OEM sump

I believe you can put resistor across

I decided the risk of knocking the oil sensor off was worth the riskvs oil level in sump

[Tech1e]

Recoding dash cluster would be simpler.