Audi Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Removing and installing sealing flange (rear) Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Electric drill with plastic brush attachment t  Safety goggles t  Sealant → Parts catalogue

Removing l  Gearbox removed. –  Remove pressure plate on vehicles with manual gearbox → Chapter; remove drive plate on vehicles with automatic gearbox → Chapter. –  Detach intermediate plate at sealing flange and dowel sleeves -arrows-.

–  Unscrew bolts -1 ... 8-. –  Lever off rear sealing flange and remove. Installing Installation is carried out in the reverse order; note the following:   Note Place a cloth over the exposed section of the sump. –  Carefully remove sealant residue from sump and bottom of sealing flange. –  Clean sealing surfaces; they must be free of oil and grease.

–  Cut off tube nozzle at front marking (nozzle approx. 3 mm Ø).

–  Apply a thin bead of sealant at the edge of the joint between the cylinder block and the sump -arrows-.

–  Coat the lower sealing surface on the sealing flange lightly with sealant -hatched area-.   Note The sealing flange must be installed within 5 minutes after applying sealant.

–  Carefully push sealing flange -2- together with guide sleeve -1- (fitted on replacement part) onto crankshaft when installing. –  Carefully push sealing flange onto dowel pins on engine block.

–  First tighten bolts in the sequence -1 ... 6- as shown on illustration. –  Then tighten bolts -7- and -8-. –

–  Fit intermediate plate to sealing flange and push onto dowel sleeves -arrows-. –  Install pressure plate on vehicles with manual gearbox → Chapter; install drive plate on vehicles with automatic gearbox → Chapter. Tightening torque

Component	Nm
Sealing flange to cylinder block	15