There should be no clearance. My Bentley says, "CAUTION Oil pan must be flush with end face of engine block. If it protrudes or there is a gap, clutch housing will be stressed and could break." It also says: Oil pan, installing (engine installed) --align oil pan to engine block with straightedge --tighten bolts (engine removed) --start all bolts including those in clutch housing --press oil pan by hand against clutch housing so that there is no gap between oil pan and clutch housing --lightly tighten all bolts --fully tighten all bolts M6 to 10 Nm (7 ft lb) M10 to 45 Nm (33 ft lb) Paul A. Cianciolo wrote: > Hello Folks, > > First a public thanks to all who have helped me with my 1.9TD conversion. > Well the transmission is on and I have a question. There are 2 bolts in the > bell housing that > go into the oil pan. I noticed that there is a little clearance between > the bell housing > and the oil pan.. it is flush against teh block though. This cleanance is > small maybe .020"or so. > > Before I go ahead and torque down the bell housing do I need to loosen the > pan? and let the pan slide toward the > the bell housing? or do I need to shim this area. I di not want to torque > iot for fear of > breaking something. I will measure the gap with a feeler guage to be sure > but I think it around .020" > > Thank you all for the help. BTW I will need to clean my keyboard after > this conversion is done!!! > Paulc > W1VLF > Cloudbounce Webpage http://www.qsl.net/w1vlf/ > > 1986 Vanagon Gas > 1982 Vanagon Diesel Soon to be Turbo Diesel 1.9 |
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