Re: oil pan gasket replacement

[Jim Buck <vwpride@mixi.net>]

Jeff Wheeler wrote:
> 
> My pan gasket is shot.  I recall seeing something a while back from someone
> who had a trick for removing and installing those bolts that are obscured by
> the adjacent transaxle, but I didn't have the foresight to save it.  Anybody
> wanna share a little wisdom on the topic?

Yep, here's a repost:

The baffle is only about $20 from your dealer.  If Autotech has the same
part number and you want to buy from them, go for it.  Once you get the
oil pan off, it is the easiest thing I have ever put on a Scirocco (I'm
not kidding).  It simply snaps on the oil pickup, just like the old one
snaps off.  You'll see when you get there.  
The new baffle at first seems like it will reqire you to unbolt the
pickup, but you don't have to.  Just fiddle with it, and flex it into
position, then it will snap on perfectly.  

To get the two bolts from hell on the oil pan (you'll find them) take a
10mm wrench, and put the open end of the wrench over the bolt at a
perpendicular angle, then stick a screwdriver through the closed end of
the wrench for leverage, and the bolt should turn.  To reinstall the
bolts when you're done, simply tape the head of the bolt to the end of a
screwdriver with masking tape, and once they're threaded, remove the
tape and do the wrench trick again to torque.

That's how I did it. 
-- 
Jim Buck,
ES #99
1997 Solo II Points Champion,
E-Stock Champion,
Fort Wayne Region, SCCA 
1987 Scirocco 16 valve
1982 Rabbit Convertible
1996 Jetta GLS
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