sump dent

[jeffro ra28]

nothing unsafe about welding on the outside of a sump full of oil i cant imagine Just make very short tacks, no long deep penetrations

[Dale]

couldnt see why not?

I was thinking the heat from welding could cause the oil to ignite, although I guess it's unlikely as there shouldn't be any/much oxygen in the sump to allow it to burn

[mt88]

thats the dent not sure if its anything to worry about

[jeffro ra28]

that shouldnt worry you, the oil pickup will be in the middle of the sump anyhow, it shouldnt affect anything and oil will still be allowd to flow freely across the suction of the pickup.

Unless it gets dented agen and puts a hole in it!

[Adrian]

looks like u got a leek from the sump gasket @ the front, could be old n not cleaned off or mabie driping down from some ware else.

[mt88]

yea thats old oil not cleaned from oil leak form the oil filter

[Adrian]

fair enuf lol

[TooF]

for that dent id almost not worry about fixing it.

[IN 05 NT]

BAHAHAHA thats the dent? lol......i wouldnt have looked twice at that..........

you should see the MESS of a sump thats on our rally basher VP commy, lol.... i thought you were ytalking more like that,...........messed up!

yeah dont touch that.....not doing anyharm

[pisso001]

Once when i was quite young in my old VN commo i took it jumping. Seemed fun at the time.. After a while i got a bit confident and went faster and faster till the car bottomed out on landing and some how pulled the sump plug out... That affected me a little... Just a little usless sump story for you

lots of sumps have a bump like that...

Cheers,

Pisso.

[Negative Boost]

as improperly replaced sump tends to leak especially under pressure...

Something else is wrong if you have pressure in your crankcase!