Oil Pan (Lower Part), Removing and Installing

Oil pan (lower part), removing and installing

Required equipment
^ Catch reservoir
^ Drill with plastic brush attachment
^ Protective glasses
^ Silicone sealant:

Removing

- For vehicles with auxiliary heater, remove bolts (arrows) for exhaust pipe of auxiliary heater on sound insulation.

- Remove bolts or quick-release screws -1- and -2- and remove front noise insulation.
- Place engine oil drip tray beneath engine.
- Drain engine oil.

Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Remove bracket for ATF lines, to do so remove nuts -1- and -2-.

Note: Union nuts -3- of ATF lines must not be disconnected.

All

- Unbolt bracket for refrigerant line at oil pan (arrows).

Note: Depicted in illustration for a vehicle with manual transmission.

- Disconnect electrical harness connector at Oil level thermal sensor (arrow) and move wiring clear.
- Place engine oil drip tray beneath engine, since oil will escape again.

- Unbolt oil pan (lower part) -1- and carefully remove.

- Using rotating plastic brush, remove any remaining sealant from oil pan (lower part) and at upper part.

WARNING: Wear protective glasses.

- Clean sealing surfaces so they are completely free of any oil or grease.

Installing
Installation is reverse of removal, noting the following:

Note: Replace gaskets and O-rings.

- Cut tube nozzle at front marking (jet diameter approximately 1 mm).

- Apply silicon sealant bead to clean sealing surfaces of oil pan (lower part) as shown in illustration. Thickness of sealant bead (arrow): approximately 1.5 mm

Note:
- The oil pan (lower part) must be installed within 5 minutes after application of silicon sealant.
- Sealant bead must not be thicker than specified, otherwise sealant could get into oil pan and clog the oil pump strainer.
- Install oil pan (lower part) and pre-tighten all bolts diagonally to 5 Nm.
- Tighten bolts of oil pan (lower part) in diagonal pattern to 10 Nm.
- Add engine oil and check oil level.

Tightening torques