Genuine Audi 100 Oil Pan

Audi 100 Oil Pan Parts and Q&A

• Oil Pan
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  Q: How to remove and refit the oil pan for 5-cylinder diesel engines on Audi 100?

  A:

  In order to get rid of the oil pan, one first puts on the handbrake and lifts the front part of the vehicle and places it on the axle stands. Removal of undershield that is under the engine and removal of the dipstick. Place a container under the oil pan, unscrew the drain plug and empty the engine oil cleaning the plug and replacing again. In later AAT and AEL engines, inspected sealing washers on the crank case ventilation oil separator return pipe attached to the drain plug. Unscrew the front mounting bolts of the crossmember (to the final three threads) at the bottom of the front suspension crossmember, and then lower the crossmember with the aid of a trolley jack. Twist the crankshaft to position the cut-out sections of the oil pan and flywheel so that the two rear oil pan bolts are accessible and then unscrew and remove the oil pan bolts with a multi-splined key. Take out the oil pan and the gasket and tap it carefully with the mallet. To refit, clean the contact faces of the oil pan, contact block and fit a new gasket to the oil pan then install the bolts, ensuring no jointing compound is used, and tighten them in a diagonal sequence to the required torque. Install crossmember front mounting bolts. Tighten the crossmember front mounting bolts, refit wiring supports and hose supports, and re-insert engine dipstick. To refit the banjo union with new sealing washers and screw the bolt to the required torque on the case of later AAT and AEL engines. Lastly, re-fit the undershield, drop the car to the ground and pour the right amount of oil into the engine.