Oil Pan

Oil Pan

• Automatic transmission clean working conditions, refer to => [ Clean Working Conditions ] Clean Working Conditions.

• General repair instructions, refer to => [ General Repair Information ] General Repair Information.

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

• Used Oil Collecting and Extracting Device (V.A.G 1782)

• Protective eyewear

Removing

- Turn off the ignition and remove the key.

- Remove both rear sound insulators, loosening the bolts - 2 -, - 3 - and - 4 -.





- Remove the crossmember - D -.





On Vehicles with 12-Cylinder Engine:

- Remove both front exhaust pipes with the front muffler.

- Remove exhaust system bracket.

On Vehicles with 10-Cylinder Engine:

- Remove the right and left Y-pipes.





All:

- Place (V.A.G 1782) beneath transmission.






Wear protective eyewear.

- Remove the ATF drain plug - arrow A - and drain the ATF.

- Remove the oil pan bolts in a - 24 to 1 - sequence (opposite the tightening sequence).





- Remove the oil pan.

Installing

Install in reverse order of removal.

Tightening specifications, refer to => [ Oil Pan, Oil Strainer and Mechatronic Overview ] Oil Pan, Oil Strainer and Mechatronic Overview

• Replace the seal.

• The oil drain plug and seal must be replaced.

• If the vehicle has high mileage, replacing the oil strainer - A - is recommended when the oil pan is removed. Refer to => [ Oil Screen ] Oil Screen. Otherwise the ATF strainer must be replaced only if it is damaged.





- Clean all magnets in the oil pan. Make sure that the magnets are in full contact with the oil pan.

- Clean the sealing surface on the transmission and on the oil pan.

• The sealing surfaces must be dry and free of grease.

• Remove any left over pieces of the old seal.

- Make sure the oil screen - A - fits correctly. Push on it again if necessary.

• The transmission will not work properly when the vehicle is being driven if the oil screen - A - is installed incorrectly.

• If the oil screen - A - cannot be positioned correctly, that is, it hangs down in the back, then replace it. Refer to => [ Oil Screen ] Oil Screen.

- Install the 4 guide pins (T40199) into - 11, 12, 23, and 24 - with the oil pan removed.





• The (T40199) center the gasket and the oil pan. This assures optimal sealing.

- Push the new gasket and oil pan over the (T40199).

- Tighten the oil pan bolts in the following sequence: - 1 to 10 -.

- Remove the 4 (T40199).

- Install the remaining bolts in the following sequence: - 11 to 24 -.

- Fill the ATF. Refer to => [ ATF, Draining or Filling after Repair ] ATF, Draining or Filling After Repair.

- Install the crossmember - D -.





- Install exhaust system and adjust free of tension.