busted oil pump and pan vr6

[dubsweeper]

here is the short story !! i drove over a bump last night in the vr6 , , the suspention is low , knocked in the oil sump and think the oil pump is damaged as the oil light was flashin , i idled home for a about 2min , hopefully i havent damaged the engine i hope i can just replace oil pump and pan , and see how it goes , anyone here had the same problem ???

[Ben J]

my pan and pump are also currently ****ed havent driven the poor car in a month as i havent been able to afford new bits -.-

[Glynn.]

am constantly bashing the crap outta my sump, never damaged anything that much (yet)

[schoona]

germanautoparts I got my replacement sump, magnetic plug and copper washers from. You'll get them cheaper than what I did too.

Can't recall if the pump was there or not, though i'd take a punt and say yes!

[Ben J]

mine took a good 6 months of abuse, being <2 inches off the ground (alot of the time, lower then that ) but finally took one hit too many and cracked the pump and pan pretty bad :/ good time for a r32 sump/pump conversion to put it above the subframe though

[dubsweeper]

mine took a good 6 months of abuse, being <2 inches off the ground (alot of the time, lower then that ) but finally took one hit too many and cracked the pump and pan pretty bad :/ good time for a r32 sump/pump conversion to put it above the subframe though

i just think there could be damage , the engine isnt sounding too good , lack of oil getting to the engine ........did your oil light ect come on during your episode ??????

[Ben J]

my oil light would come on around hard corners/up steep hills, which made sence when i dropped the pan and took a look, i could hear a slight tick while driving with it broken but it may have been in my mind. If its making noise and you have the oil light on I definately wouldmt be driving it until you check it out...

heres a pic of my pump


Hopefully no serious damage has been done too your engine and its not too late.

[dubsweeper]

cheers for the support , first thing to do next week , and get it to the mechanic .......

[Defaultuser0520]

Might sound silly, but has anyone ever made a bash plate for their car?

[glf455]

Might sound silly, but has anyone ever made a bash plate for their car?

You can buy replacement metal skid plates, which I assume would work to help avoid to much damage underneath the car.

[Jace]

Or have 4mm plate welded onto the pan.

[Preen59]

I think Dieselgeek sells Mk3 skid plates??

[dubsweeper]

I think Dieselgeek sells Mk3 skid plates??

a skid plate will have to be on the list !! hope no internal damage was done

[Defaultuser0520]

Website doesnt show any for Mk3.....

[Preen59]

I'll contact INA and see what they reckon.