Ok so i finally get my brake lines ran, tie rod end put on and i back the rabbit out of the garage, i do a quick once over and decide its either now or never and i embark off on my true maiden run, the car ran great, the turbo was a big surprise because ive never driving a rabbit with a turbo motor before, shifted great handled great it was truely worth the last year and half of work. Now the bad, i stopped at the fire station to talk to a friend and i noticed a puddle of oil under my car, so with the motor running i checked the VC the turbo lines and finally looked up under the motor and i see oil coming out from under the oil pan on the driverside side of the motor, im thinking its a bad main bearing cap, the seal held because if not my clutch would of been fried, so i made it back home and now its back in the garage on the ramps, how should i proceed, get a new rear main with seals etc. and pull my tranny and get to work? Im not sure, im so close and to have a setback like this is very depressing, atleast this gives me time to work on the interior... Suggestions welcomed...
There is also a small softplug on the rear of the block which may not have been adequately replaced. It is an oil galley. You may have to use some sort of epoxy to seal up a new one. I think my machine shop ended up using an aviation-grade epoxy with fitment of another new plug. The only way to inspect/repair is to pull the trans off.
The plug is located right above and slightly to the right of the large soft plug in this photo:
http://i1176.photobucket.com/albums/x338/Dakotakid1/VW3.jpg
Just rebuilt mine, and similar issue. I torqued the oil pan bolts to the spec in the Bentley, and that was not enough to seal the pan to the block . I'd suggest going "fully tight" all the way around the pan again before going any further. The couple pan bolts on driver side are tough to get at with the trans on, but I used 1/4 inch drive socket, a small "wobbler" and a 3 " extension and I got them tight.