S50: Remove this M50 sump tray?

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Post Wed May 14, 2008 10:47 am

Eh up chaps..

The last thing to do before turning my engine the right way up on the engine stand is to fit the sump. Yesterday I drilled, tapped and fitted the oil return and cleaned the sump up but didn't fit the thing as I'm not sure whether to remove the windage tray thats in it.

It seems some people have, others haven't.

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Here's my sump (prior to cleaning etc). I put it on and gently tightened it down and tried my hardest to turn the engine over (haven't got a special tool so had to resort to jamming an 18mm spanner between the front pulley bolts). It doesn't seem to hit the crank at any point.

Can anyone give me a bit mor insight?

Many thanks chaps..
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Post Wed May 14, 2008 11:12 am

Damn it.. wrong section!

Could someone move this to the engine section for me??
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Post Wed May 14, 2008 12:27 pm

I dont remember removing anything from my M50 sump, just the one from the bottom of the S50 to get the sump to fit.
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Post Thu May 15, 2008 5:47 pm

I removed the one out of the m50 sump and left the one on the s50 i think
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