New Sump Cost?

[BlackMesaUK]

Hi.  I have a slow oil leak.  Took it to a garage today who have informed me that the thread on the sump has been damaged and I'll need a new sump.  In addition to the oil and filter change (which was the other reason I took it in), they've quoted me a total figure shy of £350.  Does this sound right; seems pretty expensive.  Also, I assumed they would have needed to remove the plug to check the thread, which would mean draining the oil...which they didn't do.

 

Any thoughts are welcomed.  Thank you.

[bigjohn]

1 minute ago, BlackMesaUK said:

Hi.  I have a slow oil leak.  Took it to a garage today who have informed me that the thread on the sump has been damaged and I'll need a new sump.  In addition to the oil and filter change (which was the other reason I took it in), they've quoted me a total figure shy of £350.  Does this sound right; seems pretty expensive.  Also, I assumed they would have needed to remove the plug to check the thread, which would mean draining the oil...which they didn't do.

 

Any thoughts are welcomed.  Thank you.

 

When I had this issue with a Passat many years ago the garage fitted a Helicoil 

 

[Danny 57]

Who serviced it last to cross thread ( I presume it is the sump plug socket thread that is damaged) the sump plug.  

[buddy]

I solved this leak on my old car using ptf tape (didn’t cause any problems) 

[silver1011]

How have they diagnosed a faulty thread on the sump without draining out the oil?

[bigjohn]

 

Could it be simply because the sump plug wasn't replaced on the last oil change. They have a built in washer these days.

 

Edited 2 March, 2018 by bigjohn

[andrehj]

See my reply in the other topic. The broken thread is caused by overtightening the sump plug, because they keep on leaking. That's because the official VAG-plugs have an idiotic design, with a solid steel washer (it's not a crush washer like you see on spark plugs). I can only recommend to use the Ford plug, explained in the linked post.

[DEL80Y]

As above find another garage that knows what they are doing and get it Helicoiled.

used to do this to high mileage Octavia taxis that were leaking due to over tightening...