Hi there,

I was going to search, but I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself, too.

Hi, I'm Karen. I'm a regular Porsche rennlist member, but I'm over here because my daughter cracked the oil pan on her car and I need some info on the R&R. How much of the car needs to be removed to perform the operation.

One of the rennlisters gave me a diagram that describes removal of shield and sending units, loosen and drop anti-roll bar. Is that it?

Do you know if her car is going to have a molder gasket or liquid gasket?

Thanks in advance & nice to meet you.

Add'tl info: I think her car is a 2.8.

 

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This is funny!

I looked at the diagram. Icame to the Audi board and posted my query. I talked to my mechanic and discussed my findings - then discussed possible game plans.

My daughter lives in Eugene, 1.5 hrs. away, so I don't have the car here to look at myself. Her husband left two weeks ago for the Army @ Fort Jackson, SC, so it's just her and her toddler. I've been working on helping her out from a distance.

I swear that girl is a chip off the old (engine) block! When I called her tonight, she said that she had located the bottlecap sized hole and was removing & replacing the pan herself!

It took me back to the time when my own children were small. I was a "band wife". My husband was playing a gig in Klamath Falls and I did not want to spend another weekend at home with small children while he was on the road. My car, a Datsun B210, had a blown head gasket, so I changed that sucker out in front of the house, fed and jammied the kids, packed them in the car and was in K Falls by one in the morning! Oh the early days.....though pennyless, my energy knew no bounds.

Anyway, I told her to hold off until Monday if she wanted. We may be able to clean it up and epoxy it - a lot less $$$.

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I have pulled my pan 3 times this weeks o seal a small leak. All she has to do is remove the shield, remove the 4 -13mm bolts for the swaybar and let it swing out of the way, then remove the 10mm bolts for the pan. I took me 15 minutes to get mine off, with air tools though.

 

If its aluminum or better yet steel, JB weld 5min formula should suffice if it is completely clean.

 

wow she must have rly been angry at her audi or sumthing to put a bottlecap size hole in the oil pan hahaha. well i put a tiny crack in mine, took it out, took it to a shop, welded it, put it back on with sum of the special "audi" gasket stuff. ma cars been fine

 

I used some of that black windshield glue which was recommended by another user and it worked well.

 

I used that before for a differnt project and it works way to well

 

Yeah, like you can't the pan off again too well.

 

I was hoping someone would pick up on that