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Blacktop Zetec sump
starterman - 16/5/17 at 07:27 PM

What do we think of this sump please?

Ebay item 182523721953

Not sure how to put a link to the item.


furryeggs - 16/5/17 at 08:46 PM

I wouldn't bother... I had to return 2 and get paypal involved to get my money back. The inside edge caught on the rod bolts everytime the crank rotated causing a big bang, luckily i was only hand cranking it with a spanner. The 1st one they said was a 1 off miss build, until the 2nd one did exactly the same thing. Quality was ok ish, just didn't fit. They tried to tell me i had a different 2.0 blacktop to the rest of the know universe.

I ended up chopping my sump instead, GBS do a similar replacement sump to this for £300 which is cheaper than most sump kits, but still a little pricey, but alot better.


pekwah1 - 16/5/17 at 09:16 PM

I ended up using the standard 2 piece sump and chopping the steel lower part.
There's a really good guide on here somewhere of how to do it...

I don't/can't weld, so i just chopped up all of the bits and got someone else to do it including shortening of the pickup and adding baffles.

Worked a treat and cost me less than £50 with other people doing the welding!


tims31 - 17/5/17 at 01:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by pekwah1
I ended up using the standard 2 piece sump and chopping the steel lower part.
There's a really good guide on here somewhere of how to do it...

I don't/can't weld, so i just chopped up all of the bits and got someone else to do it including shortening of the pickup and adding baffles.

Worked a treat and cost me less than £50 with other people doing the welding!


Details of how to do this in my build blog

http://www.martinsfurybuild.co.uk/engine.html#sumpchop

I've not run on the road yet but had no issues so far when testing it, oil pressure ok just ensure you build up around the edge enough to recover what you loose when chopping it down.

HTH