I had my +8 on a ramp for a check over before the road trip in June. The rear tyres have enough left for the trip and the fronts have a little more.
I have been running them at 22 psi and the rears are wearing more on the outside which suggests the tyres are a bit under inflated. Anyone else experienced this?
How was the sump?
I've been told mine needs replacing after the trip to Scotland.
Seems they are on the list of consumables for aero owners.
Interesting I have replaced my sump once already. This time small mark on the very bottom. Looking at different sump guards mounted on the chassis.
There is considerable road rub on the Oil filter housing! I have had that modified so it is now 5 mm higher than the sump. I will post up what Neil Argrave did to make this work when I pick the car up, hopefully tomorrow.
As you know Crunchie, our neighbour with the Aero GT took off his oil filter coming out of the Royal Windsor Farm shop on the gate stop and being a new Aero owner did not stop driving until the red light came on and then called me!
We got it up to MMC and to begin with they thought they would have to replace the engine, but in the end it was rebuilt as the damage was not as bad as first thought.
Crunchie, I hope to get the same fix as yours fitted to the oil filter housing on my Plus 8. Like others, I'm also interested in having a sump guard, but want one attached to the chassis - I do like Asbo's wood idea too.
