Disco_Mikey wrote:

It's not "better", it has a replaceable filter as well as being easier to fit

That said, I have had no luck with them sealing. I personally stick with the plastic ones. Never had an issue

sputnixb51 wrote:

When doing the pan change in situ like I did you have little choice other than lifting your engine to get room to replace like for like and when I looked at the engine mount and how difficult that is to access I went metal sump it also means you can replace the filter more often 10 years is far to long in my opinion,
This all started as an emergency, I had a terrible judder you would think the engine and box were going to end up on the ground, I had found a low mileage box and TC (47,000) ready to sort things when my cousin suddenly died, also meaning a 2000 mile round trip, so I did as I said Filo’s method etc thinking at the very least I would have temporary drive ability, the result however has been far and above my hopes, the D3 had done 80,000 when I got it now at 147 and some 000 miles and as I said smoother than its ever been. Certainly smoother than it ever was after the machine flush. I was warned that machine flushes are not always the answer by the way.

Thanks sputnixb51