Automatic gearbox 01M — Removing and installing oil pan — VW
Automatic gearbox 01M — Removing and installing oil pan on VW: 13 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Golf IV / Bora (1J)
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- Always renew oil seal (arrow).
- Clean magnet in recess of pan. Ensure that magnet is seated correctly in pan.
📋 Procedure
- Observe general repair instructions .
- Remove noise insulation tray.
- Place drip trayV.A.G 1306 or used oil collection and extraction unitV.A.G 1782 underneath.
- Remove plug (2).
- Remove overflow pipe (1) and allow ATF to drain.
- Unscrew bolts on oil pan in diagonal sequence and remove oil pan.
- Always renew oil seal (arrow).
- Clean magnet in recess of pan. Ensure that magnet is seated correctly in pan.
- Install oil pan with new gasket.
- Tighten pan bolts diagonally in several stages - bolt.
- Install and bolt on overflow pipe (1) - overflow tube.
- Screw in plug (2) hand-tight with new oil seal.
- Fill with 3 litres of ATF, check ATF level and top up .
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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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