Oil Pump: Installing

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2013 Volkswagen Beetle. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

-- Pull the chain tensioner toward the back using the assembly tool T10118 and route the drive chain on the oil pump and oil intake pipe.

Fig 1: Identifying Chain Tensioner And Assembly Tool T10118

Courtesy of VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

Further installation is in the reverse sequence to removal. Note the following:

Tightening specifications refer to OIL PAN/OIL PUMP OVERVIEW .

-- Check the strainer in the oil intake pipe and the oil passages in the upper oil pan for contamination before installing the oil pump.

-- Make sure both alignment sleeves for centering the oil pump are in there.

-- Replace the baffle.

The oil baffle gets a new check valve, and a new seal.

NOTE: There are plastic ribs on the oil baffle that deform permanently when tightening. The plastic ribs ensure the oil baffle is not loosen and does not rattle. Because of this, always replace the oil baffle.