Front Final Drive Gear Oil, Filling After Repair
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Oil Collecting and Extracting Device V.A.G 1782
- Protective goggles
Filling
- The front final drive cover was removed and all of the gear oil has drained through it.
- Move vehicle onto a four-pillar shop hoist or over a work pit so that it is absolutely horizontal.
- Transmission fluid temperature: approximately 20 °C (68 °F) (room temperature).
- Tightening specification, refer to FRONT FINAL DRIVE OVERVIEW .
General repair instructions, refer to REPAIR INFORMATION .
Clean working conditions for the automatic transmission, refer to GUIDELINES FOR CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS .
-- Place the V.A.G 1782 under the transmission.
Danger of eye injury.
- Wear protective goggles.
-- Remove the plug -arrow-.
-- Fill the front final drive with gear oil slowly over a period of at least 5 minutes until oil drips from the bottom of the inspection opening.
For The Correct Transmission Fluid Refer To The Electronic Parts Information.
A filling time of at least 5 minutes is required so that the internal oil level between the differential and oil fill space can equalize.
Replace the drain plug and gasket.
-- Tighten the new sealing plug.
It is not necessary to check the oil level again at this stage.