What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Malcolm Parker]

To my mind there are two problems with the deep aluminium Nippy sump.   Firstly, the oil does not warm up, especially in North Yorkshire!  The old engine I have taken out of the Pytchley never ran with the oil level up to the 'Full' mark on the dipstick, I suspect that most of the time the oil level was little more than with a standard steel sump.   The second problem is removal of the engine.  I have always managed to get the engine out without removing the sump, only because the engine has only ever been in specials that were made to facilitate this.   The best sump in my book is one of the cast aluminium ones with the angled front and a capacity only slightly more than standard.