Fiat Ducato II 2.8 oil sump? (1 Viewer)

[westy77]

first question is why do these things rust as soon as they see daylight? Could they not put a paint on that would prevent rust? My 49 year old Dodge Charger has an oil sump that looks still in good condition!

2nd question is has anyone tried using heat paint on one to make it last longer? I have seen some sumps on ebay ranging from £29, £40, £50 to above £100 and £200! Most ads are library pictures so it's hard to gauge quality.

Anyone got experience with these? I'm wanting to do an oil change soon and could do with changing the sump/gasket at the same time. I have some high temp paint as I'm going to do the one on the Dodge soon and thought I could paint the Fiat one. Interestingly Fiat are part of the Chrysler group meaning all Ducatos are Mopars! Which is nice!

 

[Enword]

Get it powder coated, out side only mind

 

[westy77]

Good point, need to locate a decent sump that's not silly money first. There are lots out there it seems, but for one example, both these are on eBay by the same seller, look the same, no noticeable ad differences, yet one is £55, the other £167

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[Gromett]

Yup I had this problem too,
http://www.fulltiming.info/fulltiming/mot-work-done-but-what-a-nightmare

I ended up just going for a cheap one. It is obvious that Fiat only fit cheap ones in the first place. The original last 9 years. The van will be dead before it reaches 18 so I figured put another cheap on on.

I got the gasket wrong though