Whoops I attached the wrong pic!But yes thats the area Im looking at.Speaking of which, I had a breakthrough whilst trying PTFE tape on the bolt as per friend's suggestion. When I put the bolt back in, wrapped in PTFE tape as it was slightly tighter/wider fit I noticed some oil being pushed out of something as I screwed the bolt back in, on closer inspection and much fiddling - there is indeed a hairline fracture that runs quite a long way around that corner of the sump, well spotted in those photos because that looks like its one end of the crack, it runs from there, around the entire circumference of the bolt recess, and down the left side of the sump for a few cm. So looks like its new sump time! Which brings me onto this lovely gentleman's post:
Quote:Where in the world are you? have an old engine sat outside in bits, I'm pretty sure the sump plate is sat there if you want it. In NW LondonI'm in Croydon, SW London, and that would be bloody lovely if you did have one lying around <3