as above, fancy winding my coilovers down but dont fancy replacing the sump every time i go out and need some clearance on my work base

i know i can get a sump from g werks but ive not seen these engine raisers that ive been hearing about advertised anywhere

go for a ina sump or just bite th bullet and get a sump guard £180 from skoda and there bullet proof :thumbup:

go for a ina sump or just bite th bullet and get a sump guard £180 from skoda and there bullet proof :thumbup:

sump gaurd was an idea but cant be arsed listening to it catching plus swmbo will moan all while if it does so its either the sump or these raisers what ever they are

Edited 4 May, 201016 yr by sivrs

I've seen these on a mk4 forum somewhere

This one

This one

its asking me to sign in or register

From that link:

25mm engine mount spacers. These fit under you engine mounts and will raise the sump by 25mm. If your golf is low you need these. Price for a pair of lightweight aluminum spacers and stainless steel bolts Will be £50 with a further £5 carraige charge. limited numbers available so get them while they are hot kids.

From that link:

25mm engine mount spacers. These fit under you engine mounts and will raise the sump by 25mm. If your golf is low you need these. Price for a pair of lightweight aluminum spacers and stainless steel bolts Will be £50 with a further £5 carraige charge. limited numbers available so get them while they are hot kids.

cheers rob will see if i can find contact details maybe worth a punt

Better check you wont be hitting your strut brace lol

Better check you wont be hitting your strut brace lol

oh i forgot about that

Will also depend on how low you want to go cos you may have drive shaft issues too,i was considering raising the engine in mine after hearing about people doing this but my drivers side drive shaft occasionaly hits the chassis leg as there's only a few mm clearance,so the leg would need notching on mine first to give clearance so might be worth checking that first too

Notch chassis legs, put hockey pucks under your mounts

Will also depend on how low you want to go cos you may have drive shaft issues too,i was considering raising the engine in mine after hearing about people doing this but my drivers side drive shaft occasionaly hits the chassis leg as there's only a few mm clearance,so the leg would need notching on mine first to give clearance so might be worth checking that first too

cheers

lookin to get it on the track so im not to sure about the raisers and the centre of gravity bein messed up, so im swayin towards the shallow sump i think

playing around with a shallow sump at the mo, will let you know how it goes, vag do one that gwerks sell, it is cheaper than a baffled sump and has a steel bottom section. Engine sump guards are a good idea but are heavy and will affect the handling, not cheap either. Not sure on those engine raisers either tbh.

playing around with a shallow sump at the mo, will let you know how it goes, vag do one that gwerks sell, it is cheaper than a baffled sump and has a steel bottom section. Engine sump guards are a good idea but are heavy and will affect the handling, not cheap either. Not sure on those engine raisers either tbh.

cheers

did you find any contact info for these raisers in the end?

did you find any contact info for these raisers in the end?

the vrs is going mate so i've not really looked into it any more, i'm gettin something smaller for the track so will be focusing on that

ok fair enough. does any body have an account with ukmkiv's to check out the information about them?

I posted it above

ok fair enough. does any body have an account with ukmkiv's to check out the information about them?

Why not just join? It's free

I recently took out my sump :'( .

I've had it replaced with a Brazilian shallow sump from G-Werks.

The Brazilian shallow sump has no oil level sensor attachment point.

My oil level sensor has been retro fitted back into the bottom on the steel plate, and sits @ about the same height as it would on the standard sump.

Recon its better option than the standard sump though.

The grounding plates, like the panzer plates that diesel geeks do, add far far too much weight to car, and sit lower than anything, so increase your chance of hitting the deck in the first place !

Those engine raisers sound like a bad idea and a pain in the ring. Seems like a lot of work to make your car handle worse to me. I'd imagine loads of stuff would need adjusting (exhaust, dogbone, clutch hydraulics, gear linkage, coolant hoses etc.).

Shallow sump seems the way forth to me. My dad bought up an interesting point about sump materials the other day. I was moaning about the ally sump, and he pointed out that the advantage of the super soft ally sump is that if you smash it right in, to the point where the big ends hit it, it will just get smashed out of the way, and the crankshaft would survive. But if you boshed a steel sump in the same way, it would probably take out the crank with it.

I think he just wanted to put me off buying one of these! http://www.ecstuning.com/Volkswagen-Golf_IV--1.8T/Engine/Mechanical/Oil_Pan/ES4369/

It's a genuine VW part which is interesting. They obviously know they have cheese sumps!

brazilian.......mmmmmmmmm

now we are talking :p

that ecs one is the one that snow muncher has, the brazilian pan.

why anyone would want to raise the engine and in turn the angle of the driveshafts is beyond me, its a bad idea!!!

I recently took out my sump :'( .

I've had it replaced with a Brazilian shallow sump from G-Werks.

The Brazilian shallow sump has no oil level sensor attachment point.

My oil level sensor has been retro fitted back into the bottom on the steel plate, and sits @ about the same height as it would on the standard sump.

have you go a picture of the retro fitted oil level sensor?

it would be nicne to see :yes: