My mum's noticed a small amount of oil on the drive over the last week 
or so, it's not been noticable every day and because the cars are moved 
about we weren't sure whose car was doing it.

She took hers (T reg Micra) to the dealers who had a look and said the 
Oil Sump Gasket needed replacing.

They've quoted around 200 to do this, which seems a lot of money?  I 
don't know the breakdown of this but presumably gasket, oil, maybe a few 
pence worth of washers?

What would people expect to be the going rate for this sort of thing 
being realistic that garages are businesses and expect to make a bit of 
profit :-)

cheers,
Paul
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"Andy Hewitt"  wrote in message

> IIRC these have a liquid gasket, that alone could be 20 if you use
> the approved stuff.


Silly question time but what's a liquid gasket?

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 "Mark"  wrote:


> "Andy Hewitt"  wrote in message
> > IIRC these have a liquid gasket, that alone could be 20 if you use
> > the approved stuff.
> 
> Silly question time but what's a liquid gasket? 


Don't worry I didn't want to be the first to ask :-)  I assumed that 
instead a something solid it's like a sealant or something that forms a 
seal but isn't a physical gasket, if that makes sense?

cheers,
Paul
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Paul Hutchings wrote:

> My mum's noticed a small amount of oil on the drive over the last week 
> or so, it's not been noticable every day and because the cars are moved 
> about we weren't sure whose car was doing it.
> 
> She took hers (T reg Micra) to the dealers who had a look and said the 
> Oil Sump Gasket needed replacing.
> 
> They've quoted around 200 to do this, which seems a lot of money?  I 
> don't know the breakdown of this but presumably gasket, oil, maybe a few 
> pence worth of washers?
> 


On a similar note - how easy is this to actually do on one's own?

I've had a quick look at my engine (Fiat FIRE) and it seems it's just as 
easy as the rocker/cam cover. Unbolt the bolts, sump comes off, new one 
on with new seal. And probably drain oil first too.

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> Paul Hutchings wrote:
>> My mum's noticed a small amount of oil on the drive over the last week or 
>> so, it's not been noticable every day and because the cars are moved 
>> about we weren't sure whose car was doing it.
>>
>> She took hers (T reg Micra) to the dealers who had a look and said the 
>> Oil Sump Gasket needed replacing.
>>
>> They've quoted around 200 to do this, which seems a lot of money?  I 
>> don't know the breakdown of this but presumably gasket, oil, maybe a few 
>> pence worth of washers?
>>
>
> On a similar note - how easy is this to actually do on one's own?
>
> I've had a quick look at my engine (Fiat FIRE) and it seems it's just as 
> easy as the rocker/cam cover. Unbolt the bolts, sump comes off, new one on 
> with new seal. And probably drain oil first too.


if access is good it can be very easy, bear in mind that the oil continues 
to drip off engine parts while you are underneath cleaning up the gasket 
faces, you will get very messy.

to the original poster, it is possible that the sump has rusted through and 
the quote includes a new sump.

mrcheerful