1997 AUDI A4 engine

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Installing
Install in the opposite order to removing. When
installing, note the following points:

- Fill up engine oil.

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- Install lock carrier in normal position.

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- Install bumper.

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Upper and lower sections of oil pan,
removing and installing


Special tools, testers and equipment
required

Engine support bracket 10-222A with adapter
10-222A/3
Drip tray VAG 1306
Electric drill with plastic brush attachment
Silicone sealant D 176 404 A2
Torque wrench 10 Nm/ 45 Nm

- Obtain radio theft code on vehicles with coded
radio.

- With ignition switched off, disconnect battery
Ground strap.

- Pull out dipstick.
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- Unbolt dipstick guide tube at front of cylinder
head (right side), and pull out of oil pan from the
top.

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WARNING!
Hot steam can escape from the expansion tank when the filler cap is
opened. Cover the filler cap with a cloth and remove it carefully. - Remove noise insulation panel -arrows-.
- Remove bumper.
- Move lock carrier to service position.- Remove cap on coolant expansion tank.
- Place drip tray VAG 1306 below engine.

- Turn drain screw -arrow- on radiator anti-clockwise, if necessary install
drain hose to connection.
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- Also open coolant drain screw -arrow- at rear right of oil pan.
- Draining off and filling up coolant Page 19
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- Drain off engine oil.
Use a separate container to collect the engine oil.

- Set up support bracket 10-222A with adapter 10-222A/3 on bolted
flanges for wing panels.
- Attach support bracket to front and rear lifting eyes on engine.
- Raise engine as far as possible with spindles of support bracket.
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- Place drip tray VAG 1306 under engine.

- Remove oil filter.

- Release hose clamps -arrows-.
- Remove oil cooler -1-.

- Remove bottom nuts on engine mountings -1- (left and right sides).
- Mark positions of securing points -1- and locating sleeves -2- under
engine mountings on left and right sides.
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- Disconnect cable from terminal 30/B+ -1-. Tightening torque: 16 Nm
- Disconnect connector for terminal 50 -2-.
- Remove right wheel

- remove top bolt -1- from right wheel housing. Tightening torque: 65 Nm
- Remove lower bolt (accessible from engine side). Tightening torque: 65
Nm
- Remove starter from front of vehicle.
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- Unbolt two oil supply lines, and pull longer of two lines downward to
disconnect from upper section of oil pan.

Note:
Two M6 bolts and two M8 bolts are located vertically at rear of oil pan
upper section (in front of joint between engine and transmission). - Unbolt oil pump from engine so that shorter oil supply line can be
disconnected (do not remove oil pump).
- Remove bolts securing upper section of oil pan to transmission.
- Unbolt upper section of oil pan from engine.
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Installing:
Install in the opposite order to removing. When
installing, note the following points:

- Clean sealing surfaces; ensure that they are free
of oil and grease.

WARNING!

Wear protective goggles.

Note:
The oil pan must be installed within 5 minutes after applying silicone
sealant D 454 300 A2. - Remove any residues of sealant on oil pan and engine block using
plastic brush attachment, or similar.

- Cut off nozzle of tube at front marking (diameter of nozzle approx. 3
mm).

Thickness of sealant bead: 2 ... 3 mm
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