oil sump for fiat panda needs replacing

EssexExile

A quick Google proves it's quite common & new sumps are about £20.

AdrianC

facade wrote: »

There is always the risk that wirebrushing off the rust will actually make it leak though.

Only if it was so thin already that the loose and flaky rust was all that was holding the oil in.

rollingmoon

twhitehousescat wrote: »

contact amazon , order wire brush and tin of black paint , change delivery address to garage , do it by prime , collect car on Thursday morning

If the sump has rusted as badly as the one on our old Panda 1.2 had by the time it was five years old that plan will just result in a massive waste of time for all concerned. When I tried to remove the drain plug to change the oil on ours the whole surrounding area ripped away!



As I found subsequently it's quite common, and replacements are cheap. The worst part of the job is cleaning the old silicone sealant/adhesive from the bottom of the block (they don't use gaskets anymore!) before fitting the new one.