![]() ![]() ( I just wiped mine out with paper shop towels, no solvents needed) ![]() Ok, so clean your pan real well and make sure the gasket contact points are nice and clean like so. If yours looks like a metal chia-pet, you might have some issues going on. for 160k, mine had almost nothing on it so I was feeling pretty good. if you don't see any to very little metal filings, congrats, you trans is in pretty good shape. The filter isn't held in with any scews, so just pull it off and have a look at the magnets on it. Mine came off with no pulling or prying, however, do note that there's still a fair amount of ATF in that pan and in control body under it, so make sure your ready to catch it (aka don't get rid of that catch pan yet, you will need it). Do those last to help control the pan coming off. Remove all the pan bolts save for the one at each corner. ![]() With those out of the way and the trans hopefully done with the initial draining, time to pull the pan. When done, this should be all the pieces you've removed Don't forget to support the tail shaft as I did. Once it's all drained out, time to remove the front crossmember, rear trans bracket and the trans mount. I didn't include pics because I figured who hasn't seen liquid go into a pan right? Once that's done, now you can drain the ATF by removing the drain plug that you see right on the bottom of the pan. Just make sure you can get it loose because nothing is worse then draining the fluid and then not being able to add it back. Don't remove it or you will be covered in hot ATF. Now, while things are still warm, make sure you can loosen the fill plug. I used my jack and a small piece of 2x4 as not to damage the tail shaft. You will have to support the trans when you remove this. Here you can see where you need the triple-square bits to remove the trans bracket and mount. With that done, here's what you are looking at under there. I actually put a level on the roof and used that as a guide. Get the car jacked up and level on jackstands high enough for you to get under. Drive the car for a bit to get the trans fluid warm to hot (it will cool a bit as you get the car in the air and thats ok). With that our of the way, lets get to the fun. One is for the bracket to body bolts and the other is the trans mount bolts to the trans. There are 2 sizes of triple square bits you will need for the Trans mount bracket. Link providedĪudi A6 Automatic Transmission Fluid Filter Change Kit - 8 Speedġ0mm socket - Trans mount bracket to mount bolts manufacture says use only Lifeguard 8, but I didn't. Trans Service Kit - New filter, Pan gasket & Fluid. I didn't make note of the exact tools, but aside from the tripe square bit for the trans mount bracket, everything else should be common in most DIY'ers tool boxes. Ok, so this is just a rough, quick and dirty DIY. ![]()
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