Filling up with ATF following repair work - vehicles with ATF filler hole — AUDI
Filling up with ATF following repair work - vehicles with ATF filler hole on Audi: 14 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi TT Mk1 (8N)
- Special tools named: VAS 5383, V.A.G 1924
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- The engine must not be started and vehicle must not be towed without ATF in gearbox.Before fitting a replacement gearbox, always clean the ATF cooler.
- The ATF filling unit must be clean and the ATF must not be mixed with other types of ATF! — Secure reservoir for ATF filling unitV.A.G 1924 as high as possible on vehicle.
- Observe all notes and test requirements for "“Checking and correcting ATF level”".
📋 Procedure
- Fill ATF filling unitV.A.G 1924 with the ATF for the automatic gearbox 09G. [Note: The engine must not be started and vehicle must not be towed without ATF in gearbox.Before fitting a replacement gearbox, always clean the ATF cooler.]
- ⚠ The ATF filling unit must be clean and the ATF must not be mixed with other types of ATF! — Secure reservoir for ATF filling unitV.A.G 1924 as high as possible on vehicle.
- Unscrew plug for ATF filler hole (arrow) with Torx bit T55 VAS 5383.
- Cut open seal (arrow) for plug for ATF filler hole and renew.
- Fit drain plug (B) with new seal and tighten.
- Attach pipe of ATF filling unit V.A.G 1924 to ATF filler hole (arrow).
- Fill with ATF using ATF filling unitV.A.G 1924 until ATF comes out of overflow pipe (arrow 2).
- Shift selector lever into position "“P”".
- Start engine.
- Continue filling with ATF using ATF filling unitV.A.G 1924 until ATF comes out of inspection hole again.
- Tighten plug for ATF inspection hole.
- With brake pressed, select all gear positions "“P, R, N, D, S”" one after the other at idling speed, maintaining each position for approx. 10 seconds.
- Shift selector lever into position "“P”".
- Check and top up ATF level . [Note: Observe all notes and test requirements for "“Checking and correcting ATF level”".]
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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