Volkswagen Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

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

• ◆ Socket 3249
• ◆ Hand drill with plastic brush
• ◆ Flat scraper
• ◆ Silicone sealant D176404 A2
• ◆ Torque wrench V.A.G 1331 (5...50 Nm)

Work sequence

• ‒ Drain engine oil.
• ‒ Remove ribbed belt guard and the cable guide from the sump.
• ‒ Remove front exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold.
• ‒ Unbolt right-hand drive shaft at gearbox.

=> Running gear; Repair group 40; Servicing front suspension; Removing and installing wheel bearing, suspension strut and drive shaft

• ‒ Remove cover plate for flywheel.
• ‒ 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 protective glasses).
• ‒ Clean sealing surface, must be free of oil and grease.

Notes:

• ◆ Note the use by date of the sealant.
• ◆ Sump must be installed within 5 minutes of applying silicone sealing compound.
• ◆ Sump can be offered up easier and with greater security if, for guide purposes, M6 studs are inserted into the cylinder block flange at two positions.

• ‒ → 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:
• ‒ 3...4 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
       15 Nm.

Note:

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