I did some measuring; The pick up tube from mounting face to the screen is 158 mm, the pan is 172 mm deep, the pan gasket is 2 mm. So it screen on the pick up should be 16mm from the bottom of the pan. Subtract 7 mm and the pick screen is 9mm from the bottom. That should be enough. I have a couple of aluminum dry sump pans, this may be a good excuse to fab up a deep sump pan.

Tom

Weld a metal tab (washer maybe?) to the sump in the middle of the dent, pull it out and grind it off - bingo!

You'll be fine, there is lots of spa e under there. Think about how far the oil pickup drops down. I have a big dent in mine and I'm more concerned about my loss of capacity!

I didn't either.
Could you do as I did and drop x member and drag link to get it out?

That way motor,stay and just sump off

I know the answer but I assume you pulled the pan to pop it out. I suppose one could try and pop it out via the dip stick hole or via the drain plug. I'm really not in the mood to pull the motor again.............but after all the work frying a new engine would likely
cause me to drop a match in the fuel cell.

Tom

I pushed one dent out on my sump, was right up against the mesh.

personally I push it out

The oil pan on my newly installed A15 now has a 6-7mm dent in it. It's deepest by the oil drain plug maybe as much as 7mm and is about 3-5mm at the front near the pick up. I briefly started the engine and the oil pressure is it's usual 75-80 psi cold, so it appears OK. I seem to recall the screen is only about 13 mm off the bottom of the pan, so anyone know what the tolerance is 0 mm, 5mm or 13mm etc???

Tom