Oil pan, removing and installing: Installing

NOTE:

Note the expiration date of the sealing compound.
Oil pan must be installed within 5 minutes of applying silicone sealing compound.

Fig 1: Cutting Off Tube Nozzle & Applying Silicone Sealing Compound To Oil Pan Sealing Surface

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Cut off tube nozzle at front marking (nozzle approx. 3 mm diameter).
Apply silicone sealing compound, as shown, to clean oil pan sealing surface. Sealing compound bead must be:

NOTE:

The sealing compound bead must not be thicker, otherwise excess sealing compound will enter the oil pan and may block the oil suction pipe strainer.

Fig 2: Identifying Silicone Sealing Compound Application Area

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Apply silicone sealing compound bead as illustrated to clean sealing surface of oil pan.
Install oil pan immediately and tighten all pan bolts lightly.
Tighten oil pan bolts to 12 Nm.
Tighten bolts for pan/transmission to 45 Nm.

Tighten bracket for secondary air pump motor: Securing bolts to oil pan: 8 Nm. Securing bolts to cylinder block: 20 Nm

NOTE:

The sealing compound must be allowed to cure for approx. 30 minutes after installing the oil pan. After this time the engine may be filled with engine oil.

The rest of the assembly is basically in reverse order to the disassembling sequence.