Crap, will be ok as long as you didnt drive it loads after the oil leaked out.
I hit what looked like a large snowball at 60 mph, turned out it was a rock with snow on it in the middle of the road. My car bounced over it and it pierced a hole right though the aluminum undertray. Saved the sump though!
My wee Clio pretty much had no sump left due to rust and drove it into town to the doctors then over to the garage, pretty much had NO oil left since it leaked all over the road, seems fine now so hopefully you're wee 147 will be too. Also hope the little sods that caused hurt themselves dragging that concrete!
Busted sump is no fun, and really expensive (considering it's just a pan for oil to sit in). I had a crack in mmine and, as many of you know, my elder brother runs a wee general garage. He priced one up for me new and it was just under £500, cost. Luckly he also knows a specialist welder who managed to repain the crack for under £200 and you wouldn't know the weld was there unless you knew what to look for.
Hope the 147's OK though Jim. Let us know how you get on.
Could be a seal has gone in either the master or slave cylinders. Pull back the rubber at the pedal and check for wetness, and do the same at the slave cyliner if you reach it.
Well, the car seems okay after it's little coming together with a lump of concrete.
Slight worry after overfilling with oil - my fault, not the garage's.
New sump, new oil filter, clear synthetic oil and trying to read the dipstick in the dark.
Now there are two dipsticks in my Alfa according to the garage!
No further problems with the clutch. It's been checked out too, no apparent problems, so I'll just be aware of it for the future.
Looking forward to the Dukes Pass run now.
Can someone tell me, is it a rolling start or are we flagged off? Only kidding!
Jim.
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