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Offline VWB

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Plastic in sump
« on: November 19, 2012, 09:20:43 pm »
Oil in sump - removing oil pump.

Hi I have recently brought a Golf GTI FSI. The cam chain has snapped, tensioner is broke an the cambelt has jumped some teeth. The oil was also overfilled by 3 litres. I decided to check the oil strainer as I know these are prone to blocking and found shards of plastic in the sump. Doing various searches I cannot find any searches on this - has anyone had or know of this problem as I have no idea where the plastic has come from?
Also has anyone got any info on how to remove the oil pump?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Plastic in sump
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2012, 07:58:52 pm »
Hi. I think I found where the plastic has come from. It's called an oil restricter but I don't know where it goes and had a look on ETKA and it doesn't show where it goes. Does anyone know where is goes or anywhere I could look. Many thanks.

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Re: Plastic in sump
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 07:29:35 pm »
If the cam chain has snapped then the plastic is probably from the chain tensioner.  Not sure on this restrictor though.
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Re: Plastic in sump
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2013, 08:56:23 pm »
Managed to get this sorted. Thanks for the help.