Gear Oil In Rear Final Drive 0BF, Filling
Special tools and workshop equipment required
- Charging Device F/Haldex 2 Coup. VAS 6291 or Charging Device for Haldex Coupling 2 VAS 6291A
- Adapter for Oil Filling VAS 6291/2VAS 6291/2 or Adapter for Oil Filling VAS 6291/3VAS 6291/3
- Catch Tray
- The rear final drive must be in its installed position.
- The vehicle must horizontal.
- Overview of the gear oil plugs, refer to Figure.
- Install and tighten the gear oil drain plug. Tightening specification REAR FINAL DRIVE OVERVIEW => List Item:Gear Oil Drain Plug.
-- Fill using the VAS 6291.
-- Raise the vehicle.
-- Remove the gear oil inspection plug -arrow-.
-- Disconnect the adapter -A- from the elbow -B-.
-- Install the adapter -A- all the way in.
Scrape the rib on the housing -arrow- with a scraper if the adapter -A- does not fit into the threaded hole for the plug.
- Be careful not to install the adapter -A- at an angle because this can damage the thread on the plug.
-- Lock the elbow -B- to the adapter -A-.
-- Route the hose over the right drive axle.
- The hose must not hang down. It must come out above the right rear wheel.
-- Lower the vehicle.
-- Make sure the valve -arrow- is closed.
-- Attach the oil container -A- to the VAS 6291.
-- Open the valve -arrow- and hold the oil container as illustrated. Refer to Fig 3.
The rear final drive will now be filled.
- When the rear final drive is correctly filled, oil will leak out between the adapter -A- and the final drive housing -arrow-.
-- Raise the vehicle.
-- If no oil leaks out of the adapter -A-, set down the oil container.
Some of the excess oil will not run back into the oil container.
-- Disconnect the VAS 6291 when the oil stops flowing back.
- The fluid level is correct when the rear final drive is filled up to the lower edge of the fluid fill hole.
-- Fill the gear oil if necessary.
-- Install and tighten the new gear oil inspection plug -arrow-. Tightening specification REAR FINAL DRIVE OVERVIEW => List Item:Gear Oil Inspection Plug.