Parked un the grass outside work yesterday afternoon as the carpark was full. Reversed off without any worries until I got onto the tarmac and heard a god awful scraping noise :(

Got out to find the plastic undertray had obviously snagged on the grass and dug in as I'd reversed. pretty much every bit of the black plastic under the engine/bumper has been torn/damaged in some way.

Bugger.

Did the same in a field used for parking at Knockhill :eek::eek::mad:

Better get an allow sump guard then and make sure it's fitted properly

Same happened to me - but with a piece of junk on the motorway - whacked the tray but good. Luckily no real damage done, just re-attached the bolts (which were still there and "massaged" it back into shape.

That alloy guard is a great idea - you may be able to find one for sale through Brisk - turn an unhappy event into an upgrade!

Cheers

Bas

Sorry to resurrect an ancient thread, I managed to pull off my sump guard and have broken the two splash guards as well.

How essential are the guards? The aux belt seems to be quite exposed and as I do a lot of muddy farm tracks don't really want it to get covered in mud every couple of days.

What sort of price will I be looking at for parts?

thanks for any help

andrew

The TDi engine undertray is mucher larger than the petrol variety (primarily to do with reflection of engine noise). Can either get new plastic tray, or a proper metal sump guard - either way guess dealers are probably your best bet.

I imagine the downside to a large metal sump protector is that it is rather heavy when it comes to removing it to access the sump bolt when performing an oil change, plus it hangs a bit lower too, so might bash a few more speed bumps, etc.

When I pulled the undertray off my 1998 Ibiza in a flood it was going to be about £100.

Obviously the car can be driven without any undertray . But when you think of all the rain, muck,gravel etc it prevents from getting in the engine area ( electrical connectors ?) it is in my opinion essential . What would happen if you drove over say a small branch and it got caught in the alternator/air-con belt ?

Or you happened to run over a cat and it got is tail stuck in a belt..... that might use up mor than one of its lives!

Hello,my 2p worth;

Some of mine is broken,imo no great loss,my old Rover 220 turbo,of 130k & 16 years has no under tray fitted at all,& no cats dogs or twigs ever caused any problems.

So I wouldn't worry to much about it as a matter of urgency,but if you can get one cheap maybe from a breakers,for piece of mind,maybe that's the way forward

good luck