Oil sump removal (snapped bolts!!)

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Hi,

I gave up trying find the cause of the oil leak and handed it over to a local VW/Audi specialist to have a look at all it's issues. Turns out I have a cracked sump and some of the bolts for the sump have been snapped off and other are missing... apparently someone tried to weld it before but hasn't done a very good job. I'm looking at over £200 to get it fixed by them so was wondering if anyone here has ever had this problem and resolved it themselves, how hard is it? The prices they've quoted me for the parts are TPS prices so I doubt I can get it any cheaper but they are saying upto 1.5 hours labour (which is where the other £100 comes from....

They are sorting out the lowering kit for me which has apparently being fitted to the wrong top plates and causing the knocking, and also my ATF change in the gearbox , but will need to let them know before 3 if i want them to do the oil sump tomorrow....

Thanks

Ian