Volkswagen Polo Workshop Service and Repair Manuals - Buy Now!

Special tools, workshop equipment, testers, measuring instruments and auxiliary items required

• ◆ T10058 Key

• ◆ V.A.G 1331 Torque wrench (5...50 Nm)
• ◆ Hand drill with plastic brush
• ◆ Flat scraper
• ◆ Silicone sealant D176404 A2

Work sequence

• ‒ Remove noise insulation tray.
• ‒ Drain engine oil.
• ‒ Remove front exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold.
• ‒ Remove the two connecting bolts from gearbox bell housing to sump support.
• ‒ Unbolt sump sealed with liquid gasket.
• ‒ Remove sump, it may be necessary to release sump by tapping lightly with a rubber head hammer.
• ‒ Remove sealant residue on cylinder block with a flat scraper.

• ‒ → Remove sealant residue on the sump with a rotating brush, e.g. a hand drill with a plastic brush (wear eye protection).
• ‒ Clean sealing surface, must be free of oil and grease.

Installing

Notes:

• ◆ Note the use by date of the sealant.
• ◆ Sump must be installed within 5 minutes of applying silicone sealing compound.

• ‒ → Cut off tube nozzle at forward marking (nozzle approx. 3 mm ø).
• ‒ Apply silicone sealing compound, as shown, to clean sump sealing surface. Sealing compound bead must be.
• ‒ 2...3 mm thick.
• ‒ and run on inside of bolt holes -arrows-.

Note:

The sealing compound bead must not be thicker, otherwise excessive sealing compound will enter the sump and may block the oil suction pipe strainer.

• ‒ Install sump immediately and tighten all sump bolts lightly.
• ‒ Tighten sump bolts to
       13 Nm.
• ‒ Tighten sump/gearbox bolts to 45 Nm.

Note:

After installing sump the sealant must be allowed to dry for approx. 30 minutes before engine oil is replenished.