METHOD FOR MOUNTING THE OIL PAN ON AN ENGINE BLOCK OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE IN WHICH THE OIL PAN IS FASTENED TO THE ENGINE BLOCK ACCORDING TO SAID METHOD, AND FLANGE CONNECTIONS PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE INVENTIVE METHOD

摘要

In order to mount the oil pan (10) on the engine block (30) of an internal combustion engine, a sealing element is produced between the engine block (30) and the oil pan (10) using a hardenable composition (20). When in a hardened state, the adhesion of the composition (20) is sufficiently large enough to hold the oil pan (10) to the engine block (30). The adhesion should equal at least 0.5 N/mm<2>, in particular, greater than 0.8 N/mm<2>. The hardenable composition (20) can be comprised of a silicon material. The oil pan (10) can be fixed to the engine block (30) at least during the hardening of the composition (20). To this end, the edge of the oil pan is constructively designed such that an independent fixation results when joining the oil pan (10) to the engine block (30).