Oil Pan Removal Procedure

[Ti Kan]

downhilltop at excite.com writes:
> I supported the 4 cylinder engine from above and loosened the subframe bolt=
> s=2E  I removed all the oil pan bolts except the rear two which appear to b=
> e recessed into the bell housing.  I had hoped that they were missing but u=
> nfortunately I can't seem to pull the oil pan free.  Any suggestions short =
> of pulling the engine?

You don't need to pull the engine.  You probably do need to remove all
four subframe bolts completely and drop the subframe far enough down in
order to access the rear oil pan bolts.

-Ti
2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
1984 5000S turbo
1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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