Aluminum Oil Pans on later VWs?

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: "Larry Fry" <rocco16@sbcglobal.net>
> Date: 2005/08/18 Thu PM 08:00:35 EDT
> To: "Kirsten Jensen" <kirsten@funksoulkitty.org>, 
> 	<haygood@myway.com>
> CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Aluminum Oil Pans on later VWs?
> 
> 
> 
> > At some point just  recently though, VW made a new oil pan that is half 
> > aluminum/half  steel.  The steel portion covers the bottom and up along 
> > the sides to  about halfway up the pan.
> 
> I'd like to see how this part is fabricated, since the only way I know to 
> join these two metals is by adhesive bonding, and I don't think the cost of 
> that method would be very attractive to VW.
>  What would be the possible advantage for a "composite" fabrication like 
> this...?   A full aluminum casting would have many more advantages besides 
> being cheaper.
> 
> Larry
> sandiego16v 

They are bolted together...  :-P

David

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