tapping sump or block

[john555 0]

i just got my charger off raj at ns racing and iv been looking through the step by step instalation guide and it tells me to tap the block just above the sump but on the photos section its got them tapping the sump can any 1 tell me what they recomend doing as the sump is easyest but i dont want it to leak

[xyber 1]

THE SUMP

I got the engine hot, so the oil was up to temp. (Tap the sump before anything else)

pilot holed it, the went up in drill size until it was the right size hole. Let the oil drain out of thre hole until below the level and remember itll be hot!

covered the thread tapping tool in grease and started cutting the thread slowly

wipe way oil from the area then screwed in the fitting along with a dowty washer (copper and rubber dual seal basically, with a smear of grease both sides)

then did an oil and filter change to get the swarf out(remember to take the oil filler cap off b4 the sump plug comes out)

refitted new ECS magnetic sump plug and chucked in oil

ran for 50 miles (2 weeks use for me) the did another oil and filter change

Its never leaked, had no problems and got all the swarf out on 1st change as there was none on the second

or you can take the sump off the car and do all the work like that and braize the fitting on to seal it

[john555 0]

were can i get a magnetic sump plug as all the ones on ebay seem to be from hongkong and would rather not buy from over seas

[xyber 1]

http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/store/product.php?xProd=6807&xSec=129

really good quality they are aswell