mk4 golf

m!!! · 30-10-2007 5:42pm #1

i'm thinling of buying a tdi mk4 golf in the nw year but i know they are notorious for breaking the sump so i was wondering about sump guards where would be the best place to buy one and how much would they be

Neilw · 30-10-2007 6:14pm

You can get a genuine one from VW, there not cheap maybe 300 or so inc all the fixings.
Have a look here too, they ship to Ireland aswell.
http://www.dieselgeek.com/Detail.bok?no=358

Neil.

Vain · 30-10-2007 8:51pm

ya iv hit my sump already and i only have it few months.. if u just take care where your driving you should be fine.. i think you can get rubbers for the shocks to make the car higher off the ground to stop it hitting off stuff so easly

colm_mcm · 30-10-2007 8:57pm

mate of mine is on sump no.3 on his mk1 TDI Octavia, apparenty these are even worse as engine is further forward in the car

crosstownk · 30-10-2007 9:07pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

mate of mine is on sump no.3 on his mk1 TDI Octavia, apparenty these are even worse as engine is further forward in the car

Yep - much more common in the car with the big boot. VW Caddy's suffer the same fate on a regular basis.

colm_mcm · 30-10-2007 9:25pm

crosstownk wrote: »

Yep - much more common in the car with the big boot.

It certainly has a big boot.

KidCapree · 18-02-2008 11:14pm

i know this is old but i didnt wanna be making a new topic.. but can a 1.6 be remapped?? and if so what can u look to get out of it? oh and price?

cheers

JHMEG · 18-02-2008 11:59pm

KidCapree wrote: »

i know this is old but i didnt wanna be making a new topic.. but can a 1.6 be remapped?? and if so what can u look to get out of it? oh and price?

cheers

No, it can't.

Ferris · 19-02-2008 8:04am

http://www.dieselgeek.com/catalog/panzerjack.jpg

I think this link will work. Just looks like a thick sheet of aluminium thats been lasered out. Id say its possible to copy the original and get a good fabricator to make it up for you.

Plug · 19-02-2008 8:21am

Ferris wrote: »

http://www.dieselgeek.com/catalog/panzerjack.jpg

I think this link will work. Just looks like a thick sheet of aluminium thats been lasered out. Id say its possible to copy the original and get a good fabricator to make it up for you.

If aluminium is hit it will just transfer the damage onto the next easily damaged part Ie. the sump.

Ferris · 19-02-2008 8:34am

Well that aluminium sheet is 5mm thick so youre not going to bend that that easily. It should provide good protection against rocks etc.

Actually looking at the fitting instructions (http://www.dieselgeek.com/panzerinstall.htm) it also has fabricated supports that mount the plate onto the cars frame. To be fair $275 seems quite cheap for the kit considering what you get. They say that they'll deliver internationally but it would probably cost.

I spent £80stg replacing the standard plastic sump 'guard' on my golf. Have to say tho that I haven't bottomed her out in 3yrs and 60k of driving, maybe i'm just lucky tho.

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