Removing and installing ATF cooler - vehicles with V6 3.2 ltr./V8 4.2 ltr. FSI engine — AUDI
Removing and installing ATF cooler - vehicles with V6 3.2 ltr./V8 4.2 ltr. FSI engine on Audi: 10 steps.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A8 D3 (4E, 2002–2010)
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- (Items 2 , 3, 4) can be disregarded.
📋 Procedure
- Remove front noise insulation (loosen fasteners (1)). [Note: (Items 2 , 3, 4) can be disregarded.]
- Move air hose for secondary air system (1) clear from bracket for ATF cooler
- Remove bolts (arrows) and detach ATF cooler (hoses remain connected).
- Place used oil collection and extraction unitV.A.G 1782 below ATF cooler.
- Remove bolts (10 and 11) and detach ATF pipes (9 and 12) from ATF cooler (1).
- Clamp off coolant hoses (14) with hose clamps 3094 and detach hoses from ATF cooler.
- Remove bolts (7) and detach ATF cooler.
- Renew O-rings (8 and 13) on ATF pipes leading to ATF cooler.
- Check ATF level in planetary gearbox .
- Check coolant level Engine, mechanics19.
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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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