Oil Pan Removal 1991 MK2 Jetta 1.6 Diesel

[Thomas M]

Engine info below.

I want to remove the oil pan and inspect the sump, oil pump and crankshaft area. I'm not finding any details on this in Bentley's.
It looks like there should be a couple more bolts near the transmission (green arrow) behind the plate (red arrow) which is held on to the tranny housing by the two bolts.

Is this correct???

[82vdub]

There should be two bolts in the aluminum seal carrier that's on both the front and rear of the motor. They are there.

[Thomas M]

CLUTCH COVER WITH GASKET
The seal was a little swollen, but it clung to the plate just good enough to place it in position. Not leak proof, but ok to keep dirt out. Not much oil there so I think I can assume that the rear seal is not too bad off for 290,000 miles.



2 DIFFICULT BOLTS (poor photos due to tight quarters)
Not quite able to approach straight on due to tranny housing in the way......but not too difficult.....theoretically !!



CLUTCH VIEW WITH COVER OFF
I think that's a rotating part in there....should be the clutch assembly or some such.

[Tac]

1/4 Inch swivel socket and a 1 foot 1/4 inch extension does wonders for me.

Tom

[Fatmobile]

Right a 1/4" drive, 10mm swivel socket,.. not a swivel and seperate socket.

[82vdub]

I've accessed them with a separate socket and separate swivel and extension. I don't own any type of the socket/swivel parts (yet).