JP Posted December 13, 2001 Share Posted December 13, 2001 Driving home tonight on little B roads I must have gone over a large rock. The loud bang was shortly followed by a smell of burning oil and an slow drop in oil pressure. I stopped and looked (in the dark) I thought I must have cracked the sump. Once I was towed home (good AA service) I had a good look. It looks like there is a crack in the leading edge of the oil filter adaptor (oil is still dripping v. slowly. Is this a Caterham part or can I just go to my local Rover (1.6KSS) dealer? It looks like the unit is held on by 4 bolts. Can I just unbolt these, bin it and replace ?gasket and part or is there anything more complex I should know? (Although there are a number of scrapes on the sump I think it is intact.) Help please, James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Corb Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 You have mail. Merry Christmas (its come early) BC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevefoster Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 I hope you are right and you have a lucky escape of needing a sump fix or a new one. The sumps are pretty tough. Jason cloughted his so hard it unshipped his engine mounts on the Haggis trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted December 14, 2001 Share Posted December 14, 2001 Although the housing simply unbolts bear in mind that one of the oil galleries (the return to the pump housing/main feed) is shifting filtered oil directly to the bearings, if you do remove the housing and replace it *absolute cleanliness* is essential, any foreign material which inadvertantly gets into the oil gallery will likely wreck your bearings. It's a standard Rover part BTW. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Corb Posted December 15, 2001 Share Posted December 15, 2001 JP For info I ran the new filter housing through a degreasing tank, then washed it out in a hot rinse tank and finally blew it dry with an air line so it should be totally clean. Hope it all fits well. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Posted December 15, 2001 Author Share Posted December 15, 2001 Bob, Thanks for the housing you're a life saver! Once I'd removed the old one the full extent of the damage was obvious - as well as the cracks it was bent so that the mating face with the filter was oval shape. I had a few moments of swearing when I filled the engine switched on and the needle on the guage hardly moved. Bugger no oil pressure I thought (for about 5 minutes). More swearing, and more swearing - then noticed I was looking at the temp guage! Car runs perfectly. Cheers everyone for your words of advice. James. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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