Ughhh Oil Pan help!
#1
Ughhh Oil Pan help!
Hello all. I just picked up a 98 a4 2.8 that needs some work. Drives great but was leaking oil around the pan and plug. So today I planned on changing the gasket. So I drained the oil and bingo found the majority of the problem, where the plug screws in was cracked and missing a piece. So I continued to remove the pan. There is a bar that is in the way of the back row of screws on the pan. So I removed the drivers side 2 bolts, then went to the passenger side.... snap... bolt broke off.
So here is what I need to know....
First off I m not really sure what this bar is and how to fix the bolt that broke.
Second when i called napa to get a new pan and gasket they asked if it was 24 or 30 valve... How do I know?
Sorry just got the car and dont know as much as I do about the jap cars..
So here is what I need to know....
First off I m not really sure what this bar is and how to fix the bolt that broke.
Second when i called napa to get a new pan and gasket they asked if it was 24 or 30 valve... How do I know?
Sorry just got the car and dont know as much as I do about the jap cars..
#3
Thanks for the info how sure are you on the 12 valve... is there somewhere on the car i can double check? As for the bolt really not sure how i m gonna tackle that... Ughh I m gonna have to drive my other can and pile on hte mileage for a couple days.
#4
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So the bolts that snapped holds the sway bar in place.... so an extractor I dont believe will work as it looks like the bolt part is pressed into the support?
Help?
#8
is there any of the bolt stickin out or did it break off inside the hole? Drill that sucker out and clean it up. you might need to buy a tap and use a slightly bigger bolt depending on how reemed out that hole is now. Time-serts or heli-coils work pretty well.
#10
hey not to steal the tread but all of the sudden my car has started to leak oil, not just a few oil spots but small puddles i have stopped driving it. i called some buddies about it and we all think it coming from a gasket or oil pan. so here is my question for you all. its leaking from the passenger side under the hood near the dipstick