Oil Sump?

QUOTE(MatST-3 @ 21 Nov 2009, 08:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>hi all as some of u might have read i recently had my car stolen but it has since been recovered but it has some damage to the oil sump. the question is its at a recovery garage at the moment and there is oil leaking out the bottom would this mean that the car wasnt ran dry of oil or would this just be what is left dripping out? ive been told that if the sump is damaged then the engine is goin to be but if there is still oil leaking could this be a good sign that the engine is ok?

thanks

Did you actually check the oil level? If you did and it read ok, then is the oil clean or dirty like it hasnt been topped up recently. If that shows the oil is slightly dirty then i dout it ran dry. Start it and see what it sounds like is what i would do tbh.

QUOTE(Dabhand16 @ 21 Nov 2009, 08:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>More likely to have been over a speed hump too fast and clouted the sump. any dents in the bottom?

hi m8 havent seen the car so not sure on the full extent of the damage to the oil sump car was lowered.would it have just cracked it slightly enough to make it just leak out slowly as the who stole the car left it parked up and locked it so he might have noticed what he did and just pulled over heres hoping

thanks mat

QUOTE(OLL13 @ 21 Nov 2009, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>If theres oil dripping out the chances are that it will still have oil in it. But how much is another problem, you need to find out how much is in it tbh. That way you can tell if its ok or seized up. Also with out starting it you wont really know what it runs like. As it would of been thrashed so things may have given up etc

Hope that kinder helps

yeah thanks for the info m8 making me feel abit better about the situation just ever1 keeps telling me that the engine is goin to be

Wait till you get the car checked out, its impossible to guess what it might be. Hopefuly it will be a wright of and you can get a new one.

QUOTE(PHILJB @ 21 Nov 2009, 08:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wait till you get the car checked out, its impossible to guess what it might be. Hopefuly it will be a wright of and you can get a new one.

there is always the prospect of a new 1 to look forward to its just the waiting game and the not knowing whats goin to happen with the old girl

QUOTE(MatST-3 @ 21 Nov 2009, 08:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>would it have just cracked it slightly enough to make it just leak out slowly as the who stole the car left it parked up and locked it so he might have noticed what he did and just pulled over heres hoping

thanks mat

Most cars have steel sumps so they tend to dent rather than crack. If it has had a thump it might have broken the seal around the edge somewhere.

QUOTE(Dabhand16 @ 21 Nov 2009, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Most cars have steel sumps so they tend to dent rather than crack. If it has had a thump it might have broken the seal around the edge somewhere.

thats given me more confidence i hope that is the case a she will be on the road again in no time does the st have a steel sump??

thanks