Oil sump plastic or steel

[match14]

Recently had an mot and was told there was signs of corrosion but I thought Octavia mk3 had plastic sump.

[Ads230]

On my 2016 EA888 2.0 petrol engine, the sump was plastic. I actually got this replaced with a steel one due to anxieties about splitting one open on the massive speed humps round where I live.

 

Would be interesting to investigate the MOT observations more closely / get a photo for clarity of what they're on about.

[Ootohere]

@match14

Look,  check, take the photo's, use a magnet if you like.

 

If anyone reads the post on a phone they might not see that at the left you have a car with a 1.4TSI engine.

[classic]

3 hours ago, match14 said:

Recently had an mot and was told there was signs of corrosion but I thought Octavia mk3 had plastic sump.

I think some of the vRS petrol models may have a plastic sump, but mine is a 1.4 and it has a steel sump. It looks fairly straightforward to take off if it had to be replaced. I wonder if yours has been scraped they only seem to have a thin spray of black paint on them. You might be able to clean yours up and put some paint on to preserve it.

[J.R.]

It says something for the oiltightness of VAG engines that there could be concerns of rust on a sump pan.

 

Who would have believed that in the 60's, 70's or 80's!!