Man, I have watched many videos, showing so stupidly how much this job is easy, without showing the true agony of removing those bolts, which rendered so many commenters to fail, whilst trying to take them out. yet thousands of subscribers and likes, and so many comments were not answered asking about the tools or ways to take those two stubborn bolts out, I have to tell you, you deserve thousands of subscribers just for this video alone, thank you very much for the info, and you got yourself a new subscriber.

You’re a lifesaver. I hit my sump this morning after skidding on ice. Had to fix straight away as needed the car and couldn’t believe I stumped by these bolts. Without your video I would have had to pay a mechanic to reveal the secret. Thanks mate.

While I hope not to need to remove a sump of either of my TDi's I came across this by accident. Informative and well shot video! What a sneaky way of hiding access!

Thanks very much for this got me out of a stuck situation on a 65 reg VW, so still the same from over 10 years ago

I remember changing the sump on an octavia a few years back and those bolts breaking my heart, had a different video just pop up that I had watched at the time just there and watched it just for fun. Your video came on after and I wish I had seen this years ago, I remember cutting up a perfectly good Allen key to do this idiotic job last time

Oh my thank you ! You have saved me from putting a match to my car 😂. After changing the camshaft this was the last job and almost the straw that broke the donkeys back 😁

thanks so much, needed this video, was trying everything

Really useful tip! Was scratching my head before I saw this video. Thanks very much :)

You just saved my car!! Two weeks I’ve been fighting with these bolts!!

In my mk4 2.0 5 speed there was no cutout. Great info but some people are still going to need to go buy a set of spherical head alan sockets, thats what did the trick for me

Thank you very much..I was really struggling to loosen up this 2 bolt's

In the end I got them out, using the method in the video, and by borrowing the smallest 1/4" socket (with the least blunt end) and thinnest 1/4" extension I could find, and - crucially - tapping in a 3/8" extension into the sump hole next to the 1/4" extension to keep it perfectly aligned as I turned it, and pressing upwards very hard as I turned. A very difficult job and the bolt heads got wrecked. I think it's worth using those tools and the method in the video from the outset. I started with a 10 mm 3/8" socket and 3/8" extension and NOT using the method in the video, and the bolt heads got so damaged a nightmare began. I know that they were torqued correctly - I put them in with a torque wrench a few weeks ago when the flywheel was off. Tip: Many replacement crankshaft seals are plastic, so don't use a jack under the wrench to hold the socket on the bolt head because if the bolt turns the plastic could crack. I've put new bolts in now, at only 12 Nm instead of 15 Nm to try to make the future better. I hope that works out.

Mate you just saved me hours of swearing thank you 👍

Thank you a lot.

Thank you.

Thank you

Cool for showing it, but on mine ,vw caddy III BSU, nothing move inside these holes, this is the body of gear whom i see and this is it which is the problem...

Do you know if this is the same with a 2.0l tdi on a transporter plz?

Ty bro❤

If this works then I am gonna cry. I’ve been at it all damn day on a crafter and these aholes put the steering rack and a ton of shit in the way. I was about to roll the van down a pit but I’ll try this first :)

Hi, do u know if is it valid for 1.9 TDI 105hp bls engine code?

I suppose this is true for tdi only? My 1.6 sr doesnt have the cut out

Got one of the two bolts loose, the other is defeating me for now. Have a G60 clutch and flywheel… so no cutouts. If this has to be a gearbox off job I’m going to cry.

There's an even handier way. Provided they're the original bolts there should be a 5 mm hex in the centre of the bolt. I used a good quality ball end allen key and a small piece of pipe as a lever. Was afraid the ball-end might snap off but the bolts weren't overly tight.

This is for every golf mk4??

How many car's do you own?

Bloody Germans I wasted 2 hours great video I wish I seen it before

Hey dude I know this vids years old but let's say some previous owners rounded those 2 flywheel offset bolts 😂 what would you do to get sump off?

And without knowing this I've ruined my rear main seal.... great....

Theres a much easier way to take them out, just use a long allen key and a spanner.