Removing and installing sealing flange and flywheel/drive plate — AUDI
Removing and installing sealing flange and flywheel/drive plate on Audi: factory workshop procedure for engines AAH, ABC, ACK, ACZ.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the factory write-up, straight from real workshop data.
📐 15 workshop diagrams for AAH
Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.
📋 Procedure
ℹ️ Torque figures below come verbatim from workshop data — always cross-check against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening.
ABC ACZ
Notes:
By way of example for all three engine generations, the Fig. shows the engine generation I version.
Reference is made in the text to components relating to engine generations II and III. Further information on engine generations => Page
17-2
onwards.
Servicing clutch
=> 5-speed Manual Gearbox 012/01W Front Wheel Drive; Repair Group 30; Servicing clutch
5-speed Manual Gearbox 012/01W Front Wheel Drive
Servicing clutch
Screw plug / spray jet valve
Screw plug, 30 Nm
Engine generation I only
Spray jet valve, 40 Nm
Engine generation II only
M6 = 10 Nm
M8 = 30 Nm
Coat M8 bolt (engine generation III only) with locking fluid "D 000 600 A2" when fitting
Oil seal
For crankshaft
Removing and installing=>Page
13-32
10 Nm
Guide tube for dipstick
O-ring
Replace
Stop
For torque reaction support
40 Nm
42 Nm
Torque reaction support
10 Nm
Suction pipe
With intake connection
Engine generation I only
Gasket
Replace
Engine generation I only
M8 - 25 Nm
M10 - 45 Nm
Upper part of sump
Removing and installing=>Page
17-32
M6 = 10 Nm
M7 = 16 Nm
M8 = 20 Nm
Dual-mass flywheel/drive plate
Removing and installing dual-mass flywheel => Page
13-47
Removing and installing drive plate
=> Page
13-50
Bolt for dual-mass flywheel/drive plate
Replace
Tightening torque for dual-mass flywheel: 60 Nm + further 1/2 turn (180°)
Tightening torque for drive plate (vehicles with automatic gearbox): 60 Nm + further1/4turn (90°)
Needle bearing
Pressed into dual-mass flywheel on vehicles with manual gearbox
Extracting and driving in
=> Page
13-53
With automatic gearbox, mounting bush is pressed into crankshaft in place of needle bearing in dual-mass flywheel => Fig.
13-62
Gasket
Moulded gasket for engine generations I and II
Replacing => Page
17-23
Liquid gasket for engine generation III
Replacing => Page
17-32
10 Nm
Rear sealing flange with oil seal
Removal and installation involve taking out upper part of sump
=> Page
17-32
On fitting, slip guide sleeve from installation set over crankshaft
Gasket
Replace
Cylinder block
Removing and installing crankshaft
=> Page
13-57
Dismantling and assembling piston and conrod => Page
13-68
Gasket
Replace
Oil pump/
front sealing flange
Oil pump for engine generations I and II
Removing and installing=>Page
17-44
Front sealing flange for engine generation III
Removing and installing=>Page
13-36
O-ring
Engine generations I and II only
Replace
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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The story behind TorqFix →Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.