SEAT Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Front sealing flange: removing and fitting t  Removing → Anchor t  Fitting → Anchor t  Tightening torque → Anchor Consult the equivalence table for tools and equipment according to applicability among Seat / VW / Audi / Skoda → Chapter.

Special tools and workshop equipment required

t	Torque wrench -SAT 8010-, see equivalent → Anchor.

t	Hose clamp -T20018B-, see equivalent → Anchor

t	Guide sleeve -T20081B-, see equivalent → Anchor

Removing l  Engine installed. –  Remove the notched belt: vehicles with small engine support → Chapter; vehicles with large engine support → Chapter –  Remove the notched belt . –  Remove crankshaft notched belt pulley. To do this lock notched belt pulley with retention tool -T20018B-.

–  Unscrew the bolts -1 ... 10-. –  Remove sealing flange. If necessary, loosen by giving light taps with a rubber hammer. –  Drive out seal with flange removed. Fitting Installation is carried out in the reverse order of removing, when doing this note the following.   Note Lie a cloth over the open part of the oil sump. –  Remove sealant residue on cylinder block and on oil sump carefully.   WARNING Wear eye protection.

–  Remove sealant remaining on sealing flange (with rotating plastic brush or similar). –  Clean sealing surfaces; they must be free of oil and grease.

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

–  Apply a thin length of silicon sealant to each one of the edges between the engine block and the oil sump -arrows-..

–  Apply the silicone sealant bead -arrow- to the clean sealing surface of the sealing flange, see figure. l  Thickness of sealant bead -arrows-: 2…3 mm.   Note Sealant bead must not be wider than 3 mm, otherwise excess sealant could ingress into sump and clog strainer in oil intake pipe.

–  Coat the lower sealing surface at the sealing flange lightly with silicone sealant -striped area-.   Note The sealing flange should be fitted within 5 minutes following the application of the silicon sealing paste. –  Slide the sealing flange carefully on the engine block pins.

–  Tighten bolts in the following sequence: –  Tighten the bolts -1 ... 6-. –  Tighten the bolts -7 ... 10-. –  Install crankshaft oil seal -belt pulley end → Chapter. l  There should be no oil on the contact surface between the notched belt sprocket and the crankshaft l  Do not oil bolt for notched belt crankshaft pulley. The remaining installation steps are carried out in reverse sequence - note the following points: –  Install the toothed belt (adjusting valve timing): vehicles with small engine support → Anchor; vehicles with large engine support → Anchor –  Install vibration damper → Chapter. –  Install poly V-belt → Chapter. Tightening torque

Component		Nm
Sealing flange to cylinder block		15