So the gas ABA 2.0 engine oil pan bolt spec is significantly higher
than Vanagon 1.6 NA diesel but I think both engines use aluminum front
and rear crank seal carriers; 2 or 3 oil pan bolts thread into each
carrier. Bentley manuals for oil pan bolt torque spec....

Vanagon diesel: 7 ft lbs
VW Fox 1.8 gas: 15 ft lbs.
Mk3 2.0 gas: 15 ft lbs. Getting close to that value felt really wrong
though the rubber gasket at windage tray compresses a bit.

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=76249  for Mk4 TDI: 11 ft lbs
Haynes manual for the Mk2 gas engines show a spec for Allen head bolts
and a higher spec for cap type bolts.

I'm going to use 10 ft lbs for Allen head bolts.

Neil.

On 11/17/16, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mine was single flat washers.  Be careful with the torque....

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