Overview - ATF Circuit
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2015 Audi Q5, 2014 Audi Q5, and 2013 Audi Q5. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE:
Clean working conditions for the automatic transmission, refer to GUIDELINES FOR CLEAN WORKING CONDITIONS .
General repair instructions, refer to GENERAL REPAIR INFORMATION .
Seal the open lines and connections with clean plugs from the Engine Bung Set VAS6122.
Check ATF level after replacing ATF pipes, refer to ATF LEVEL, CHECKING .
CAUTION:
Danger of causing damage to the transmission.
- Remove all the plugs on the ATF pipes and on the transmission that were installed during removal.
- The ATF cooling function will not work and the transmission will be damaged if the plugs are forgotten.
- ATF Cooler
- Integrated in the coolant cooler
- Removing and Installing:
- Non-hybrid vehicles, refer to RADIATOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING NON-HYBRID VEHICLES .
- Hybrid vehicles, refer to RADIATOR, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, HYBRID VEHICLES .
- O-Ring
- Replacing
- Coat with ATF before installing
- ATF Pipe, Return
- From the ATF cooler to the transmission
- Before removal, mark the ATF pipes in relation to each other so they are not switched.
- O-Ring
- Replacing
- Coat with ATF before installing
- ATF Pipe, Supply
- From the transmission to the ATF cooler
- Before removal, mark the ATF pipes in relation to each other so they are not switched.
- Bolt
- Tightening specification: 9 Nm
- For attaching the ATF pipe to the engine
- ATF Pipe, Supply
- From the transmission to the ATF cooler
- Before removal, mark the ATF pipes in relation to each other so they are not switched.
- Nut on the ATF pipe, 29 Nm
- The ATF pipes are secured to each other
- Bolt
- Tightening specification: 9 Nm
- For ATF-pipes on the transmission on the upper area
- ATF Pipe, Return
- From the ATF cooler to the transmission
- Before removal, mark the ATF pipes in relation to each other so they are not switched.
- Nut on the ATF pipe, 29 Nm
- The ATF pipes are secured to each other
- Bolt
- Tightening specification: 20 Nm
- First insert the ATF pipes with new O-rings by hand as far as the stop
- The retaining tab on the lower ATF pipe must lie on the transmission threads
- The retaining tab on the upper ATF pipe must lie on the lower one.
- O-Rings
- Replacing
- Coat with ATF before installing
- Bolt
- Tightening specification: 9 Nm
- For ATF pipes on the transmission in the front final drive
- Bolt
- Tightening specification: 9 Nm
- For the ATF pipe to the engine