4.2td sump - does yours have a patch on it?

[admin]

I was under my new 2005 4.2td gu today and noticed what looks like a 12x12cm patch on the side of the sump next to the dump pipe. It looks like tar covered in a foil - at first I thought maybe it was to protect dump from the temperature of the dump pipe but maybe it's a bloody patch over a hole.

???!

[BigGQWesty]

Must say I've never noticed a 'patch' on the side of my 91.. But to be honest it's not the sorta thing you look for..

The tar and foil sounds sorta suss... It's is after all just a sump..

[admin]

Yeah, maybe covering up. A rock hit.

[BigGQWesty]

Only one way to find out...

[shanegu6]

Mine has the same. 2005 model. I don't know what it is either.

[admin]

Must be to protect sump oil from high dump pipe temp?

[BigGQWesty]

How hot would those temps be?? And it's not like it's constant..

[Jacket_1985]

They have it from 2002, not sure what it's for, but my series 3 & 4 had it.

[admin]

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