[A4] Under Engine Pan

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I routinely used an oil extractor on all my A4's. You can remove the oil filter from the top and suck all the oil out of the dipstick tube. No reason to get under the car and remove that cover... 

That cover does serve an aero purpose as well as let the car run cooler. It will protect to a certain extent but since it's only plastic if you hit something hard, hard enough it's not going to help much... 


----- Original Message -----

From: "J. Coleman" <jacolemn at rochester.rr.com> 
To: a4 at audifans.com 
Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2016 12:42:35 PM 
Subject: [A4] Under Engine Pan 

We have a 2002 A4 Avant with the 1.8 turbo engine. There is a fiber glass 
pan (for want of a better name) under the engine, that you must take off 
when changing oil and filter. 



So my question is this pan necessary? Have any of the readers of this list 
just left it off. The question comes from significant damage to this pan 
caused by running over a piece of firewood in the center of the road. The 
wood flipped up and broke the rear of this pan and seriously bent the 
attachment points. The broken pan now sits in the corner of the garage and 
the car is running around without it. Makes oil changes a snap as well. Can 
I just leave it off? 



Thanks for your advice, Jim 



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