"Heavy Duty" belly pan.
01-05-2004, 10:31 AM
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"Heavy Duty" belly pan.
My factory bellypan had taken quite a beating over the last 3+ years, and was starting to sag and drag on not so deep snow.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/oldpan.jpg">
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/damage1.jpg">
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/damage2.jpg">
Nothing in particular, just general abuse, must have saved my oil pan once or twice.
I wanted a tougher pan and had noticed a "Heavy Duty" pan in ETKA, PN 8D0863821P - sound dampening pan for vehicles with engine protection grille.
I tried to find out what it was like, but no-one that I got in touch with was sure, I took a chance and decided to find out, someone had to do it
<a href="http://www.elcats.ru/audivw/vag5.asp?subm=%CF%EE%E8%F1%EA&btsnr=863-25&cid=224">Russian etka had slightly different listings</a>
P suffix pan I ordered arrived with an AC suffix and looked like this:
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/newpan.jpg">
Original pan had a thickness from about 0.06 to 0.07", and weighed 2.75lbs. New "heavy duty" pan is 0.14 to 0.16" thick and weighs 6.375lbs. Extra thickness made the dzus fasteners a bit harder to lock down.
Part number sticker of the new pan.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/partnumber.jpg">
Hard rubber block that rests against subframe and view of vents.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/rubber1.jpg">
Rubber held on by rivets:
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/rubberrivets.jpg">
Rubber touching subframe:
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/rubbersubframe.jpg">
View of vents, metal grommets, rubber block, overexposed left hand.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/vent-rubber.jpg">
Another view of vents.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/vent1.jpg">
Cheesy vids of both pans being shaken, noise on new pan is from fenderwell plastic dzus thingys.
<a href="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/oldpan.avi">Old pan</a>
<a href="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/newpan.avi">New pan</a>
Is it worth the extra $135? Maybe, if it does end up lasting longer, it is a lot thicker and stiffer. I wonder what exactly the "engine protection grille" is, I assume it attaches to the metal grommets, be nice to have.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/oldpan.jpg">
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/damage1.jpg">
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/damage2.jpg">
Nothing in particular, just general abuse, must have saved my oil pan once or twice.
I wanted a tougher pan and had noticed a "Heavy Duty" pan in ETKA, PN 8D0863821P - sound dampening pan for vehicles with engine protection grille.
I tried to find out what it was like, but no-one that I got in touch with was sure, I took a chance and decided to find out, someone had to do it
<a href="http://www.elcats.ru/audivw/vag5.asp?subm=%CF%EE%E8%F1%EA&btsnr=863-25&cid=224">Russian etka had slightly different listings</a>
P suffix pan I ordered arrived with an AC suffix and looked like this:
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/newpan.jpg">
Original pan had a thickness from about 0.06 to 0.07", and weighed 2.75lbs. New "heavy duty" pan is 0.14 to 0.16" thick and weighs 6.375lbs. Extra thickness made the dzus fasteners a bit harder to lock down.
Part number sticker of the new pan.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/partnumber.jpg">
Hard rubber block that rests against subframe and view of vents.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/rubber1.jpg">
Rubber held on by rivets:
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/rubberrivets.jpg">
Rubber touching subframe:
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/rubbersubframe.jpg">
View of vents, metal grommets, rubber block, overexposed left hand.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/vent-rubber.jpg">
Another view of vents.
<img src="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/vent1.jpg">
Cheesy vids of both pans being shaken, noise on new pan is from fenderwell plastic dzus thingys.
<a href="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/oldpan.avi">Old pan</a>
<a href="http://tychl.txf.com/bp/newpan.avi">New pan</a>
Is it worth the extra $135? Maybe, if it does end up lasting longer, it is a lot thicker and stiffer. I wonder what exactly the "engine protection grille" is, I assume it attaches to the metal grommets, be nice to have.
01-05-2004, 10:37 AM
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there was some guy from mexico who came by the local vw dealer and
cleaned them out of 1.8T oil pans because of all the damage they were getting down there. heh. poor bastids. we need a tough one too...i guess this is something :/
