After Market Sumps

[madDan]

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Just don't hit anything - crack - leak - boom

[tolsen]

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Just don't hit anything - crack - leak - boom

The plastic pan is rather thick. Prototype was tested to 1.5 tonnes before developing cracks.

[Mad smart person]

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Greetings, steel is GOOD, hence why the trid is steel not plastic. The steel sump is fine, just a pity merc don't put decent paint on them - with is the problem. I'll consider a plastic sump when merc make the trid out of plastic.
Now, 'o evil one', when are your sumps with drain plug going to be available?? I rather prefer the plug to be on the inboard side of the sump, rather than on the bottom. I just have this feeling about the 'shear' strength of it when it hits something on the road, at 'just' the right height.
As to the plastic being able to withstand 1.5 tones, have they tried having a rather large person/lady, standing on it whilst wearing stiletto heel??
Smart average weight, 750kgs, speed, say 50 MPH, hits brick on road, transferred energy, greater than 1.5 tones. Result, split sump, you might be lucky to see the oil slick build up on the rear window before the engine 'spits' the dummy??????????? Ouch, 2000 quid down the drain. -- No Pun, intended.
Cheers, Ian.

[Mad smart person]

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Must say though, the plastic sump looks good. But so does a lot of stuff out of China - looks good, no last. Cheers.

[tolsen]

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I see the Mercedes C class now comes with a plastic sump. Material is DuPont™ Zytel® 70G35 HSLR which is a glass-fibre reinforced nylon.
Even some lorries come with plastic sumps these days.

[Ferrina]

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Never seen a plastic sump before. Being an engineer, intake manifolds I agree with, but alloy or steel for a sump seems best. I can see why technology is taking over, especially if it's cheaper to produce plastic engine parts.

If it was me wanting a drainable sump, I'd probably buy one from smarttune.co.uk. There will be a little oil left in the bottom, but not much. If the car is jacked up slightly, you might get more out. To be honest, half a cup full of old oil isn't going to do any harm. One thing I've done is stick a magnet on the oil filter (spin-on type), to help collect metallic particles. Not sure if that works? Are main bearing shells magnetic?

[Evilution]

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Being an engineer

Cool, same. Engineer of what? What qualifications?

Magnets won't hurt but you won't collect much from an aluminium engine but like you say, a small percent of the engine will be ferous metal.

[Ferrina]

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Kane, you have a PM.