Fabia sump

[King John]

A clever monkey used an air gun to tighten the drain screw on my wife's Fabia. A replacement is as cheap as getting it repaired.

 

The question is which sump does she have? Her car is a 2001 Fabia Elegance Estate with an ATD Tdi engine. Does it have an oil level sensor? The car is away at the moment and I would like to fit it once she returns.

 

Cheers!

[c3po]

No oil sensor on the atd. Funnily my one is an atd with the same problem, im repairing it tomorrow taking the sump off and tapping it out and fitting a larger sumpbplug. Will also be cleaning out the oil pickup at the same time.

[King John]

Thank you C3po. At £23 for a new sump I thought it would be easier to replace than repair. Is yours the base or higher powered model?

Regards, Peter

[c3po]

Mine is the pd100 comfort model. New sumps are cheap enough. I already have the tools to fix it so im going down that road.

[wilsonian]

Not sure this would apply as this was on my vRS but there are two bolts near the gearbox which will cause you a little trouble. Best use a wobble head socket to give you a little movement. We also had to trim a 10mm socket head down as it was slightly too long - prob just our size of heads.

 

HTH.

[hutchysrs50]

5mm ball head Allen key for the ones that sit beside the gearbox.