Not a C but could do with a little help.

[RACK 0]

My ex has just had her Sceicento sporting looked at by Fiat and they reckon the sump is badly corroded and needs replacing. They gave her a price of £200. :roll:

Now as much as I would love to turn round and laugh at her, I'm just too nice a guy and said I'd look at it.

 

Is fitting a new sump just a case of draing the oil, undoing the bolts, taking it off, then bolting the new one on with a new gasket and putting new oil in?

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers peeps

RACK

[PhatVR6 0]

IT SHOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS YOU SAY, BUT YOU NEEVR KNOW WITH ITALIAN CARS....

[Scott 0]

I always find sumps are tricky to get at the bolts on gearbox end....

[RACK 0]

That what I was thinking, Italian cars :roll: It uses gasket paste/sealant insted of a normal gasket.

 

The ex has just rang up and it's £76 for the parts, £68 for the sump and £8 for the gasket paste.

Which means fiat wanted £124 for fitting it :lol:

[RadoAds 0]

Just replaced the sump on a chicken cento which is similar in design as the sump was that rusty the oil had started to seep through it, easy job about an hour and half in total, youll have to take off the plates that cover the gearbox bell to get at the sump bolts above em, the only awkward bolt is ontop of the plate near the drive shaft but a long extension should sort that for you, by the way I dont own one of these cars just doing a job for a friend.

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I got it done pretty quick and what a pain in the ass!!!

RadoAds, the plate covering the flywheel came off pretty easy and all the bolts were easy to get off too. The gasket paste sealing it was a nightmare!! But with a little work with a hammer and wall paper scraper it came off. Then we found that we couldn't lower the sump enough to get it off so we needed to drop the exhaust a little bit. But due to my luck the down pipe studs were rusted tight, so the hole manifold needed to come off!

 

It took a couple of hours but it was a pain!!!