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 t  Assembly sleeve -T20097- Removing l  Engine or gearbox removed. –  Remove the dual-mass flywheel → Chapter „Removing and installing dual-mass flywheel - vehicles with manual gearbox“, the flywheel → Chapter „Removing and installing flywheel - vehicles with multitronic gearbox 01J“ or the drive plate → Chapter „Removing and installing drive plate - vehicles with automatic gearbox 01V“.

–  Unscrew bolts -1 … 5- and detach sealing flange Installing Installation is carried out in the reverse order; note the following: –  Carefully remove any sealant residue on the cylinder block and sump.   WARNING Wear safety goggles.

–  Remove sealant residue from rear sealing flange and cylinder block with rotating plastic brush or similar. –  Clean sealing surfaces; they must be free of oil and grease.

–  Cut off tube nozzle at front marking (nozzle approx. 1 mm Ø).

–  Apply the bead of sealant onto the clean sealing surface of the sealing flange as illustrated -arrow-. l  The bead of sealant should be approx. 1.5 mm wide.   Note t  The sealant bead must not be thicker than specified, otherwise excess sealant could enter the sump and clog the strainer in the oil pump. t  The sealing flange must be installed within 5 minutes after applying silicone sealant.

–  Coat the lower sealing surface on the sealing flange lightly with sealant -hatched area-.

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

–  Fit assembly sleeve -T20097- onto crankshaft journal. –  Push the sealing flange carefully onto the dowel sleeves on the cylinder block. –  Tighten bolts -1 ... 4- to 10 Nm and bolts -5- to 14 Nm. –  Install the dual-mass flywheel → Chapter, the flywheel → Chapter or the drive plate → Chapter. Tightening torque

Component		Nm
Rear sealing flange to:	Cylinder block	10
	Sump (top section)	14