Audi A6 Quattro Transmission Removal Procedures
1. Take a deep breath. You will want a hoist for this, together with some respectable metric instruments, and an engine bar or some technique of supporting the engine from the highest is most popular. Disconnect the negative battery cable and remove all engine covers. Disconnect and remove the mass air and air field. Take away the coolant reservoir and lay to the facet. If potential, remove the oxygen sensors from the exhaust pipes from the highest. If not, disconnect the connectors (the two huge black ones, 1 on both sides mounted to the firewall) and reduce any zip ties securing the harnesses. Take away top exhaust nuts the place doable.
2. Set up the engine bar. Increase the car and remove each front wheels and the stomach pan (massive plastic protect). Take away each aspect drive axle warmth shields. Disconnect each drive axles (10mm triple sq. socket head bolts). Take away electrical connectors on the backside of the bell housing, left facet of trans and left aspect of bell housing (auto). Disconnect the connector on high (handbook). Disconnect the small linkage arm connected to left and proper lower control arms. Take away the starter.
3. Take away the torque converter bolts by means of the starter gap. Flip the engine with a ratchet at front to carry the bolts to the outlet. They are going to be very tight, and tough to remove, nonetheless: do NOT strip the heads off. Disconnect and remove fluid strains (auto). Take away rear exhaust clamps below driveshaft. Take away rear driveshaft warmth protect and disconnect rear drive shaft. Disconnect linkage at left (2 bolts and pop it off)
4. Rigorously remove the 4 small sub body bolts in rear after which the two giant ones whereas supporting with a screw jack, and lower the sub body. Loosen the fronts if obligatory. Take away the rear O2 sensors and disconnect harness from trans (zip ties). Take away the remaining nuts and brackets for the front exhaust pipes and remove. Arrange the trans jack with a securing strap. Take away slave cylinder(guide). Take go searching with a flashlight and disconnect/remove something nonetheless linked or connected that I forgot to say (that is for a number of engines/transmissions) otherwise you forgot to disconnect.
5. Take away and mark the situation of the bell housing bolts and punctiliously again the trans away, and pivot the rear away and downward, working it by means of the sub body and axles, all whereas holding a watch out for issues catching, related and so on. Good Job! If you are able to do this, you are able to do absolutely anything!
Reinstalling is mainly the reverse, however substitute gaskets, and many others. and top of fluid. Filling the fluid requires a particular Audi device.
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