Re: 1986 4000S, Oil Pan Seal Leaking

["Bob D'Amato" <mx@snet.net>]

Peter Biernacki wrote:

> The car in question is a manual 1986 4000S with a 1.8L 4 cylinder
> engine (7/85 production date).
>
> Does anyone have experience changing the oil drain pan gasket/seal.  I'd
> like to find out how difficult the job is, and if it requires lifting the
> engine or not?  Hopefully not.  What parts do I need in particular?

what a breeze, the toughest part is taking out all 792 oil pan bolts ;-)

Drop your two front subframe bolts, and the subframe will drop out of the way
enough to get in there.

Remove the cast clutch protector, its about 6 bolts and one Allen bolt. All
easily accessable. Now you can just unbolt all your pan bolts.

The gasket is about $40 (!!)

Whole job should take under two hours easily.


TIP: Put in the oil pickup protector which will prevent the pan from blocking
off oil flow if you bash in your pan. Its about $8 from Audi.

HTH
Bob