I'm in Skegness atm, on my jollies. I have managed to scrape my sump today and it's leaking about 1 drop every 10 seconds, I've got a tray under it atm, catching drips.
Question is, how can I fix it 'til I get back home?
I was thinking of that liquid metal, the stuff you mix up? Advice please.

Nowt to lose mate, give it ago. You got an oil pressure gauge?

Cheers

Rich

If you can find a motor factors that sell "QuikSteel", it works pretty well. It's a plastic tube, silver with black writing that conatins an epoxy putty that you mix by kneading. Obviously you need to clean the area of oil before applying it.

get a small amount of body filler from halfrauds or the like. Clean it with brake cleaner or something that dissovles as it dries and key it well and try that

I think you may struggle to keep the area free from oil as 'whatever' cures as oil will be seeping through from inside the sump.

If you do have problems try breaking a small piece off a bar of soap and pushing it into the hole/scrape... Sounds stupid I know but I've repaired oil tanks before (temporarily) using this method. If it holds, it should give you time to clean around it properly and apply a more permanent fix (chemical metal etc) over the top of it.

I'm very near Skegness as well but I live here... for my sins

Screw a self tapper in to temporarily seal the hole and then cover that with epoxy/quick metal once degreased. that should see you home.

Frost sell something called Oyltite stik though not sure where you can get it in Skeggy!! I reckon body filler or that kind of thing will just fall out unless you whip the sump off clean it well etc etc... And if you're going to do that you may as well take it to someone to get it welded....

ally or steel sump?? Can younot geti it welded somewhere near where you are??

If it steel it will braze up easy enough.

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Originally posted by maxey74
I think you may struggle to keep the area free from oil as 'whatever' cures as oil will be seeping through from inside the sump.

If you do have problems try breaking a small piece off a bar of soap and pushing it into the hole/scrape... Sounds stupid I know but I've repaired oil tanks before (temporarily) using this method. If it holds, it should give you time to clean around it properly and apply a more permanent fix (chemical metal etc) over the top of it.

I'm very near Skegness as well but I live here... for my sins

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Originally posted by maxey74
I think you may struggle to keep the area free from oil as 'whatever' cures as oil will be seeping through from inside the sump.

If you do have problems try breaking a small piece off a bar of soap and pushing it into the hole/scrape... Sounds stupid I know but I've repaired oil tanks before (temporarily) using this method. If it holds, it should give you time to clean around it properly and apply a more permanent fix (chemical metal etc) over the top of it.

I'm very near Skegness as well but I live here... for my sins

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So far so good, I rubbed some soap over the hole which sealed it instantly. Used some household degreaser to clean it up then give it a bit of a rub down with some wet and dry (rough), mix up some of that liquid metal, splodge it on ... job done

Thanks all xxx

Nice one, glad to help


Max

Maxey, did you drive through Ingoldmells last Saturday ? A yellow 7 with a Hyabusa engine drove past me on Sat (I was on foot) which looked very similar to the one in your avatar.

Nice car

Thought I'd let you all know that the soap and liquid metal sump fix worked a treat, 3 hour drive 125 miles later, still sealed.

Thanks again Max.