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. –  Vehicles with manual gearbox: Remove dual-mass flywheel → Chapter; vehicles with multitronic gearbox: remove flywheel → Chapter.

–  Detach intermediate plate at sealing flange and dowel sleeves -arrows-.

–  Remove bolts -1 ... 8-. –  Pull off sealing flange (rear).

Installing   Note Place a cloth over the exposed section of the sump. –  Carefully remove any sealant residue on the cylinder block and sump. –  Clean sealing surfaces; they must be free of oil and grease. –  Cut off tube nozzle at front marking (nozzle approx. 2 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. –  Push the sealing flange carefully onto the dowel sleeves on the cylinder block.

–  Tighten bolts in the specified sequence: 1.  Tighten bolts -1 ... 6-. 2.  Tighten bolts -7- and -8-.

Remaining installation steps are carried out in reverse sequence; note the following: –  Fit intermediate plate on sealing flange and push onto dowel sleeves -arrows-. –  Vehicles with manual gearbox: Install dual-mass flywheel → Chapter; vehicles with multitronic gearbox: install flywheel → Chapter. Tightening torque

Component	Nm
Sealing flange to cylinder block	15