Dropping the sump pan

[Graham]

Hello,

I think a few have trodden this path before.

How long did your Toyota dealer take to drop the sump pan, clean the old gasket sealant off, and refit?

Cost?

G.

 

[Julian Voelcker]

Assuming that they are just doing the lower part of the sump to clean off the oil strainer I would say around an hour to get the guards off, drain the engine, get it off, refit and fill up again.

We have a dead 1KD-FTV engine in the workshop that had a blocked sump strainer among other problems.

I strongly recommend that anyone with a 120 series with that engine to get the sump pan checked - Toyota seem to be slow on picking up on this one although we hope to change that.