Oil Pan: Service and Repair

Oil Pan

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

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

• Socket XZN 8 (T40159)

• Used Oil Collecting and Extracting Device (V.A.G 1782)

• Sealant (D 176 501 A1)

• Hand Drill with Plastic Brush Attachment

• Flat Scraper

• Protective Eyewear

Removing

- Remove the noise insulation.

- Disconnect the connector from the oil level thermal sensor (G266).

- Drain the engine oil.

• Always follow the regulations for disposing of old engine oil!





- Remove the oil pan bolts on the transmission side - arrows - using (T40159).

- Remove the oil pan to cylinder block bolts and then remove the oil pan.

- Loosen the oil pan with light blows from a rubber mallet if necessary.

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

- Remove any sealant residue from the oil pan with a rotating brush, using a hand drill with a plastic brush attachment (wear eye protection).





- Clean the sealing surfaces, they must be free of oil and grease.

Installing

• Note the expiration date of the sealing compound.

• The oil pan must be installed within 5 minutes after application of silicone sealant.

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





- Apply silicone sealing compound (D 176 501 A1), as shown, to the clean oil pan sealing surface. The sealing compound bead must be:

• 2 to 3 mm thick

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

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

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

- Apply sealant (D 176 501 A1) to the clean sealing surface as shown.





- Install the oil pan immediately and tighten all oil pan bolts lightly.

- Hand tighten the oil pan to transmission bolts just enough so that the oil pan contacts the transmission.

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

- Tighten the oil pan to cylinder block bolts to 11 Nm.

- Tighten the oil pan to transmission bolts to 45 Nm.

The rest of the installation is basically a reverse of the removal sequence.