End Cover, With Transmission Removed
End Cover, with Transmission Removed
Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
• Old oil collecting and extracting device (VAG 1782 )
• Rules of cleanliness for working on transmissions. Refer to => [ Clean Working Conditions ] Clean Working Conditions.
• General repair information. Refer to => [ General Repair Information ] General Repair Information.
• To remove the end cover, the transmission must "not" be removed.
• End cover, removing with transmission installed. Refer to => [ End Cover, With Transmission Installed ] End Cover, With Transmission Installed.
Removing
• Transmission fastened vertically to assembly stand. Refer to => [ Securing Transmission to Assembly Stand ] Securing Transmission to Assembly Stand.
- Place the used oil collection and extraction device (VAG 1782) under the transmission.
- Remove the Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) drain plug - A - using the triple square socket driver (3357 ) and drain the ATF.
- Install and tighten the ATF drain plug.
• Tightening specification: 24 Nm.
- Remove bolts - arrows - and remove the end cover.
Installing
Install in the reverse order of removal, note the following:
• Replace the seals and bolts for end cover.
- Slide a new gasket - A - with the double lip outward onto the connector on the Transmission Control Module (TCM) (J217).
- Clean sealing surfaces on the transmission housing and end cover.
- If bushings were installed in the transmission housing or cover, they must be reinstalled in the same location.
- Place a new seal for the end cover - A - onto the transmission housing.
• There are metal and paper seals.
• Make sure bushings are seated properly.
- Put on the end cover and make sure the seal does not slip.
- Tighten new bolts - arrows - by hand and in a diagonal sequence, and then to tightening specifications.
- Check installation position of gasket - A -:
• Gasket must fit flush (sealing lips must not be twisted).
• All instructions and steps for "Changing ATF or filling after a repair" must be followed exactly. Refer to => [ ATF Changing or Filling after Repairs ] ATF Changing or Filling After Repairs
- Fill with ATF. Refer to => [ ATF Changing or Filling after Repairs ] ATF Changing or Filling After Repairs.
Tightening Specifications