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<blockquote data-quote="Elev8/Levit8" data-source="post: 509591" data-attributes="member: 5744"><p>If it's "just" the sump, then the best course will really depend on the state of everything else...</p><p></p><p>I'd expect that if it had thrown a rod, then "you'd have known about it"...</p><p>It would have sounded like an army of hammers fighting an army of chisels in a metal dustbin filled with bits of scaff pipe and tinfoil (ie expensive & not nice)... if this is the case then all bets are off... you're looking at an engine swop...</p><p></p><p>If the engine still turns over (it should even run) then you might have been lucky and done the sump but not damaged the engine. There's no way to tell for certain 100% without stripping down/rebuilding the engine, but it'd probably be worth a punt sorting out any leaks & running it <em>gently</em> for a while to see how it goes.</p><p></p><p>How easy the repair (or indeed the engine swap) will be depends on a couple of other things though... Mainly whether anything structural got bent when you clouted the kerb. To take the sump off you'd have had to really belt it, so the chances are all is not well with the mounts/suspension/running gear at the front. If this is the case, then it could well cost more to sort than the engine (and it will certainly be much more difficult to get this "right" again).</p><p></p><p>If I were you, I'd find out the state of the engine first off, then really check over the engine bay for damage (anything buckled/bent etc) then get the thing up on a ramp & checked over properly underneath. If you're lucky, and the underpinnings are all fine, then I'd take a punt & get the motor fixed. If more engine work, or work on the underneath is required, then I'd walk away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elev8/Levit8, post: 509591, member: 5744"] If it's "just" the sump, then the best course will really depend on the state of everything else... I'd expect that if it had thrown a rod, then "you'd have known about it"... It would have sounded like an army of hammers fighting an army of chisels in a metal dustbin filled with bits of scaff pipe and tinfoil (ie expensive & not nice)... if this is the case then all bets are off... you're looking at an engine swop... If the engine still turns over (it should even run) then you might have been lucky and done the sump but not damaged the engine. There's no way to tell for certain 100% without stripping down/rebuilding the engine, but it'd probably be worth a punt sorting out any leaks & running it [I]gently[/I] for a while to see how it goes. How easy the repair (or indeed the engine swap) will be depends on a couple of other things though... Mainly whether anything structural got bent when you clouted the kerb. To take the sump off you'd have had to really belt it, so the chances are all is not well with the mounts/suspension/running gear at the front. If this is the case, then it could well cost more to sort than the engine (and it will certainly be much more difficult to get this "right" again). If I were you, I'd find out the state of the engine first off, then really check over the engine bay for damage (anything buckled/bent etc) then get the thing up on a ramp & checked over properly underneath. If you're lucky, and the underpinnings are all fine, then I'd take a punt & get the motor fixed. If more engine work, or work on the underneath is required, then I'd walk away. [/QUOTE]
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