Oil Pan: Service and Repair

Oil Pan

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• T Bar and Socket 10 mm (3185)

• Hex Ball Socket (T10058)

• Torque Wrench (5-50 Nm) (V.A.G 1331)

• Flat Scraper

• Silicone Sealant (D 176 404 A2)

Removing

- Remove the noise insulation.

- Drain the engine oil.

• Observe disposal regulations!

- Remove the charge air pipe bolts - arrows -.






- Remove the bolts - 1 and 2 -.






- Remove the oil return pipe bolts - arrows -.






• Ignore item 1

- Remove the oil pan to transmission bolts - arrows -.






- Loosen the oil pan bolts on the flywheel side using the T bar and socket 10 mm (3185) and remove the using the hex ball socket (T10058).

- Remove the remaining bolts and remove the oil pan. Loosen the oil pan with light blows from a rubber mallet, if necessary.

- Remove the sealant residue from the cylinder block with a flat scraper.

- Use a rotating plastic brush to remove any remaining sealant from the oil pan.






Installing

• Note the expiration date of the silicone sealant.

• The oil pan must be installed and tightened immediately after application of the silicone sealant.

- Cut the sealant tube nozzle at the front mark (nozzle diameter: approximately 3 mm).






- Apply the silicone seals as illustrated. The sealant bead must be:

• 2 to 3 mm thick

• and run on the inside of the bolt holes - arrows -

• The sealant bead must not be thicker than specified. Otherwise, the excess sealant could get into the oil pan and clog the strainer in the oil intake pipe.

• With the transmission removed, the oil pan must seal flush with the cylinder block.

• With the transmission installed, the oil pan must make contact on the transmission.

• After installing the oil pan, allow the sealant to dry for approximately 30 minutes. Only after then may the engine oil be added.

- Immediately position the oil pan and tighten the bolts as follows:

1 Tighten all bolts of the oil pan to cylinder block very lightly in a diagonal sequence.
2 Tighten the oil pan to transmission bolts lightly.
3 Tighten the oil pan to cylinder block bolts again, lightly in a diagonal sequence.
4 Tighten the oil pan to transmission bolts to 40 Nm.
5 Tighten the oil pan to cylinder block bolts in a diagonal sequence to 15 Nm.

Further installation is in the reverse order of removal.