removing passat v6 oil pan

[Tony Hoffman]

That is absolutely correct. I was thinking of the upper oil pan on the
V6, not the lower one. On the 90 V6, I actually just used a 10mm
1/4drive "wobble-tail". I haven't pulled it on a 30V in quite a while,
so no great memories there. But, you don't have to pull the subframe
for that, as Chris said.

ooooops,
Tony

BTW, on the 1.8's the oil pan is one piece, therefore the subframe
must be dropped. And, if I had one, that's something I'd be doing
about every 80K, from what I've seen.



On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net> wrote:
> Art,
>
> I noticed your car is the 1.8T  I am wondering if that is the difference.
> Looking at my car again, Chris Semple's e-mail makes much more sense.  Once
> the anti-roll bar is removed unbolting the LOWER oil pan should be cake.
>
> thanks everyone for their input,
>
> Jeremiah
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Marks [mailto:aamarks at cox.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:21 PM
> To: Jeremiah Curry
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: removing passat v6 oil pan
>
>
> Tony is right. It's a major job. Took me two days. I made my own engine
> support
> (http://members.cox.net/ambox/audi_sludge/#OilPan,Pump,andSuctionScreen).
> You should get the manual if you try this (www.bentleypublishers.com).
>
> --Art
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony  <mailto:auditony at gmail.com> Hoffman
> To: Jeremiah Curry <mailto:jeremiah at curryclan.net>
> Cc: quattro at audifans.com
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: removing passat v6 oil pan
>
> You have to remove the front engine mount as well as drop the
> subframe. While you are in there, pull the pickup tube and clean the
> junk (sludge and carbon) out if it. To drop the subframe, pull the
> lower motor mount bolts. BTW, you will have to support the engine from
> the top.
>
> Tony Hoffman
>
> 2008/11/3 Jeremiah Curry <jeremiah at curryclan.net>:
>> Howdy all,
>>
>> Wondering if there was some trick for removing the oil pan from my 99
> Passat
>> V6.  The pan has a whole in it and I need to get a new one.  The back
> bolts
>> are behind the anti-roll bar and I can't figure out how to get to them
>> without removing it.  If I have to remove it is that hard? is it under
>> tension?
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Jeremiah
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