Sump seal leaking

Greetings,

I gave my engine a good cleaning with paraffin earlier, to see if I could find "the leak". It turns out that one of my leaks was due to the oil filter not being on tight enough, and I've sorted this out, however, it looks like I've got a leak around the clutch side of the sump (actually from where the sump meets the crank case. I was wondering how heavy the sump is, and if I drained it first, would it be something I could drop down easily just using a trolley jack or something? I don't want to try and get a tonne of iron in the face if it's really heavy

Cheers. Tom.

if its just the sump my 10yr old daughter could carry it. are you sure not rear crankshaft seal?LEE

The sump will be pressed steel or cast aluminium depending on your engine.
Not heavy at all. Drain the oil first though or things will get messy.

I think the leaks are actually coming from the sump cover/crank case mating faces. I don't think it's the output seal. I hope not anyway, as I'm buggered if I'm going to be dropping the gearbox out or hoisting the engine! I like to start with the cheaper and easier options anyway. I'd love to have the right equipment for lifting the engine/gearbox, but I don't have it and I can't really leave 'er out of action for more than a weekend whilst I figure out what I'm doing either. Perhaps I'll be in a position to do that in the future, and I'll look in to a good overhaul. If I was going to do that crankshaft seal, I may as well do the clutch as well, and sort the transmission brake out, and that awful clonking when I let the clutch out

It might have been an idea to say which engine I have anyway!

It's the 2.5na, fantastically reliable, but doesn't exactly throw you back in your seat under acceleration

Cheers for the help. I'm not going to fret about removing the sump now anyway, and it'll give me a good opportunity to do a more thorough oil change than normal (even though I only changed it 1200 miles ago in february heh)