Help! Berg sump question... Thursday, 27-Jul-2000 15:48:01 Message: 63.10.133.83 writes: I'm putting my engine together, and am about to get my oil pickup tube extender welded on for my Berg sump, but I lost the instructions that came with it. Anyway, how far from the bottom of the sump should the oil pickup tube be? It's a 1-1/2 quart sump. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide. Ron Bullard

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I have a Berg prepared case and the brazed on oil pickup goes off at an angle, rather than straight down. Is this normal? (n/t) (Randy) (27-Jul-2000 16:25:52)

It should extend straight down towards the drain plate. Check to see that you pick-up tube isn't loose in the case or the securing nut isn't missing. (n/t) (Chas) (27-Jul-2000 20:04:53)

Re: Help! Berg sump question... (Don Bulitta) (27-Jul-2000 16:57:50)

be careful....Berg sump problem... (Dave Conklin) (27-Jul-2000 17:20:41)

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Re: Help! Berg sump question... Thursday, 27-Jul-2000 16:57:50 129.239.209.215 writes: It should be about 3/8 in. from the drain plate. At least that's the way mine worked out when done by the Bergs. The end is also cut at an angle. It's a good idea to not use the screen and get the cow magnet for the pickup. I have to assume that you have it modified for full flow. If not now is the time to do it, before you put everything together. DB Don Bulitta

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be careful....Berg sump problem... Thursday, 27-Jul-2000 14:20:41 205.188.195.22 writes: The hardware that I had for my Berg sump was not drilled/tapped deep enough to accomodate the long studs that they send in the kit. I Loc-tite'd my studs in place, installed the sump and torqued the bolts correctly. I have been fighting an oil leak not realizing that the studs had bottomed out in the nuts preventing the sump from sealing properly. When I finally figured out where the leak was coming from, I went to tighten it down further and broke off a stud in my case. I have since installed shorter studs with no problems. Just something to be aware of =) Dave Conklin

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Oil pick-up tube Friday, 28-Jul-2000 03:17:09 Message: 195.102.197.27 writes: There was a posting a day or so ago about oil pick-up tubes. How many of you have noticed that most of the new crankcases these days have a short oil pick-up which has been brazed in at an angle to the deflector plate? This makes it impossible to use the extension supplied with deep sumps. A simple solution is to cut a section from a factory breather pipe (the one next to the oil filler), incorporating a small section of the curved tube. Make the extension out of this, using the curve to straighten out the pick-up. It works well and outs the pick-up tube bang in the centre of the sump plate. It worked for me... Keith Seume

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Re: Cool idea Keith, I didn`t reallize they were the same size. ( Mark H) (28-Jul-2000 11:31:55)

Re: Keith, I ran into that on my 2Liter several years ago and did the same thing, it worked well. Those cases are nice when they are blue printed, they check out "ON THE MARK", Some of the new cases coming form "VW" have had some machine tolerance problems (n/t) (Art Thraen) (28-Jul-2000 12:08:00)

Keith this is exactly what i had to do on my new case! (n/t) (Frenchy Dehoux) (28-Jul-2000 14:06:41)

Re: I change the oil pick up to the one thats in oem cases (n/t) (DLH) (28-Jul-2000 22:22:45)

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Re: Cool idea Keith, I didn`t reallize they were the same size. Friday, 28-Jul-2000 11:31:55 216.244.13.122 writes: I`ve got tons of those things.... But I might run out now. I`ll have to comb the swapmeets for them. Sounds like a cheap or giveaway piece. I`ll never have to by those stupid sump tube packs that only come with one usable tube again. Mark H

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