Changing the oil pan - 2001 VR6

Daughter hi8t sopmething in the road and it rubbed the oil pan and developed a hairlaine crack and is leaking oil. Car is a 2001 Jetta GLS VR6 - 6 cylinders, manual transmission.

Looking at it, it looks pretty straight forward. Are there any tricks or techniques that I should look out for?

I'm a decent mechanic (I have the engine pulled out of my Mitsu 3000 VR4, installing new turbos), but have never worked on a volkswagen before.

thanks

I just pulled the oil pan off of my 1999.5 MK4. It has the 2.0 4 cylinder. I had to get a tube of VW gasket sealer which is designed to seal between cast iron and aluminum. On mine, there were 2 bolts that were under the bell housing that took a swivel socket to remove. The only socket that would work was a Snap On 10mm swivel 1/4" drive. Yours may be different since it is a 6 cylinder.

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Travis
1999 Jetta (Newest Edition)
1996 Ford F-250 XLT, 4x4, 7.3 PSD

Thanks for the reply. It sounds pretty straight forward other than a tough bolt or two.

If you are installing turbos on a Mitsu, this oil pan will be easy.

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Travis
1999 Jetta (Newest Edition)
1996 Ford F-250 XLT, 4x4, 7.3 PSD

Done. It was straight forward. Hardest part was one bolt under a belt - had to push the belt out of the way a bit. Of course, one trip to the hardware store was required to buy a longer allen wrench set to get to the recessed bolts next to the transmission. Back the the twin turbo TD05 install Smile

Great work good job.

you too Eagleeye great info.

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I make custom skid plates that that will protect your oil pan. www.raceskids.com is the site and I have ones for BMW's now but VW's are next if there is interest.

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