[Vwdiesel] oil pan

[James Hansen]

Pam & Doug Boes wrote:
> Can the oil pan be removed with the transmission installed? 

yes
If so, how
> do you remove/install the bolts that are under the bell housing of the 
> transmission?

Trickery

  When the oil pan has been pushed in, how likely is damage
> to the oil pump?

Not likely.
Damage to the oil pump pickup is highly likely- bendage.
Be sure to check pickup clearance to pan after straightening stuff out. 
Put some stiff mud (or plasticine, play-doh etc) in a baggie and tape it 
to the pickup.  smoosh the pan on and measure the clearance on the mud. 
  get it around a half inch.

  The damage appears to be in the center in line with the
> drain plug.

See above.

> Once I get the pan off, can I just forge it back to the correct shape?

Depends.
If it has funny round grooves worn in it from the whirly bits on the 
crankshaft trying to push the pan away, no.
Just a single kink, yes.

offroading?
:-)

-James
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