LEAKING SUMP PLUG 53 HDI 110, REPAIR OPTIONS

ian361 · Post by **ian361** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:34 pm

Recently changed the oil on my 53 plate 406 hdi 110 and the plug no longer tightens and is continually dripping oil. Car has had a few oil changes in its 258,000 miles so i imagine the thread is going on the sump. Does anyone know if there are any reapir kits available or is it a visit to machine shop???

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 8:58 pm

PTFE tape mate

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:02 pm

Doh! wheres my manners

Hello and welcome to the forum

the ptfe is a bodge, it wont be a miracle cure but wouid save you messing around taking sump off this weather is not good
for such a task

ian361 · Post by **ian361** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:21 pm

Might try the bodge if the leak gets any worse, leaving a bit of a patch everytime i park it.
Will need to find a permanent solution when the weather warms up!

Thanks for the welcome!

grasmere59 · Post by **grasmere59** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:32 pm

Helicoil?

ian361 · Post by **ian361** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:42 pm

Helicoil sounds good, any idea how long it would take?

lozz · Post by **lozz** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:42 pm

ian361 wrote:Might try the bodge if the leak gets any worse, leaving a bit of a patch everytime i park it.
Will need to find a permanent solution when the weather warms up!

Thanks for the welcome!

Where are you located mate,
got a warm garage here, if your local to manchester drop us a pm

jasper5 · Post by **jasper5** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:46 pm

grasmere59 wrote:Helicoil?

Yes! Helicoil is the way to go, you can buy kits for this.

A good temporary repair would be to squirt loads of instant gasket around the plug and in the threads....drain the oil into a clean container and clean up the plug and sump first, use brake cleaner.

grasmere59 · Post by **grasmere59** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:48 pm

ian361 wrote:Helicoil sounds good, any idea how long it would take?

To be honest i've never used one but my mate runs a garage and quite often works on old cars with stripped ally threads in casings etc and they work well for him,i know he's used them on spark plug threads so they must be strong.

ian361 · Post by **ian361** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:51 pm

lozz wrote:
ian361 wrote:Might try the bodge if the leak gets any worse, leaving a bit of a patch everytime i park it.
Will need to find a permanent solution when the weather warms up!

Thanks for the welcome!
Where are you located mate,
got a warm garage here, if your local to manchester drop us a pm

I'm in Worthing on the south coast, thanks for the offer but a bit of a trek!!

406oc.co.uk

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