2000 VW Beetle TDI it's mine now.

[PToombs]

Gary, sorry about that! It was beer:30 at my house and diesel work goes from maintenance to performance at that time.
I did mean to post back and warn you, make sure the windage tray is in good shape and not broken. My friend took off down the toll road with his newly rebuilt TDI engine and about an hour later it started making a clicking which changed to a rattle. He had put in his tray, and it was cracked. The vibration broke it loose and it plugged the oil pickup and starved it. A crank, new piston, and all new bearings later he was good to go again. He wasn't very happy about it to say the least.

 

[GCroyle]

Windage Tray

Ptoombs,



Interesting nasty comment about a ground up windage tray, oh farfugnugen!



I did have to R&R pan to reseal, my error. But the good news, its got a couple of hundred miles on the reseal and no leaking observed.



The pan needs more protection than the plastic one and the aluminum Panzer Plate seems like it should prevent common sources of pan damage. Any TDI owners, ounce of prevention on this one is a big plus.



My novice R&R comments, 16 of the bolts are a no brainer, 2 bolts are mildly nasty and the last 2 are down right what were they thinking. These go into the oil seal carrier brass inserts. I got a 10mm 1/4" drive swivel socket but it did not clear the solid flywheel rim. On OE DMF applications there are two recesses (quite accidental) that allow much better swivel socket access. I had to grind clearance onto the swivel base for initial loosening and then I used a 3/16" ball end allen to take them out. Yes, they are 5mm. The 3/16" does a nice job its a bit looser and doesn't force the bolt into places it doesn't need to be in. BE PATIENT!



Gary

 

[DJW]

Watching the German news on TV, a model of a German built Ford has a choice of 5 engines, 3 diesel and 2 gas.
German auto workers hourly wage equals $80 per hour, and Germany can't keep up with demand.

 

[JR]

Gary, does this Panzer Pan bolt up the same way as the factory plastic unit? I see on their website there are some stand offs of some type for extra support. What is the thickness of the pan? Overall it doesn't look too difficult, I may just fab one of my own up.

 

[GCroyle]

JR,

The directions have a lot of info but lack a little clarity IMHO. The plate attaches to rivnuts that you install in existing holes. The standoffs attach to the body via rivnuts that you install also. I got the aluminum side panels too. IF I did it a gain it would be pretty simple to install. It also has a cutout for the drain plug. It seems pretty stout but of course I have no way to test it. To gain access to the underside remove mounting bolts and lower it, standoffs stay attached to body. No big deal. If you're real good with fabrication you might be able to make one, but I don't have the equipment or time but needed reasonable protection from impacts.

Gary