Sitting outside Williams today was a sad looking red Plus 8.
The owner cracked the sump on someting in the road, lost oil and before oil pressure was lost the lack of oil flow has caused damage to the VANOS system. Seems the oil pickup is rather easily damaged it the sump is damaged and that the VANOS system is driven by oil pressure....!
I was told the car has to go back to MMC, Engine out, new sump, re-set up the VANOS timing. At least £1500 labour, plus parts.
Wonder if insurance covers that!
So, the ground clearance is better than a Roadster, but the risk is still there....!!
