Oil pan, removing and installing

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Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required

Hand drill with plastic brush attachment
Flat scraper
Silicone sealant D 176 404 A2

Removing

Install center noise insulation pan, along with left and right sides: Refer to 50 BODY, FRONT
Drain engine oil.
Remove oil pan.
Loosen oil pan with light blows from a rubber headed hammer if necessary.

Remove sealant residue from cylinder block with a flat scraper.

Fig 1: Removing Sealant Residue From Oil Pan With A Rotating Brush

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Remove sealant residue from pan with a rotating brush, e.g. a hand drill with a plastic brush attachment (wear eye protection).
Clean sealing surfaces. Sealing surfaces must be free of oil and grease.

Installing

NOTE:

Note the expiration date of the sealing compound.
Oil pan must be installed within 5 minutes after applying silicone sealing compound.

Fig 2: Cutting Off Tube Nozzle & Applying Silicone Sealing Compound To Oil Pan Sealing Surface

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Cut off nozzle on sealant tube at front mark (nozzle approx. 3 mm diameter).
Apply silicone sealant D 176 404 A2 , as shown, to clean oil pan sealing surface. Sealing compound bead must be:

2 to 3 mm thick
and run on inside of bolt holes - arrows -

NOTE:

The sealing compound bead must not be thicker, otherwise excess sealing compound will enter the oil pan and may block the oil suction line strainer.

Fig 3: Identifying Clean Sealing Surfaces To Apply Silicon Sealant

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Apply silicon sealant D 176 404 A2 to clean sealing surface as indicated in illustration. (The fig. shows location of sealant bead on cylinder block.)
Install oil pan immediately and tighten all oil pan bolts lightly.

NOTE:

The oil pan must seat flush with the cylinder block.

Tighten oil pan bolts to 15 Nm.
Tighten oil pan/transmission bolts to 45 Nm.

NOTE:

After installing the oil pan the sealant must be allowed to dry for approx. 30 minutes. Only after then may the engine oil be replenished.

The rest of assembly is in reverse order of disassembling sequence.