Removing and installing gear detection sensor 2G616 — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 42

• Renewed: o-ring

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• Do not crush the O-ring when pressing in sensor 2 for gear detection G616.
• The spring pressure of the sender is felt when turning..

📋 Procedure

1. Remove rear bumper cover General body repairs, exterior63.
2. ⚠ The pressure in the hydraulic system can be as high as 50 bar – danger of injury!The system pressure must always be released before working on the hydraulic system for R tronic . — Remove air cleaner housing Injection and ignition system24.
3. Remove bolts (1) and detach heat shield (arrow).
4. Unplug electrical connector (1) on gear detection sensor 2G616.
5. Remove bolts (2) and detach gear detection sensor 2G616. [Note: Renew O-ring.If a gear detection sensor 2G616 without gold-plated contacts is replaced with a sensor with gold-plated contacts, the wiring harness leading to the sensor must be modified using adapter harness420 971 164Electronic parts catalogue.]

6. Lightly oil O-ring (item 2) on gear detection sensor 2G616.
7. Fit gear detection sensor 2G616(item 1) in "„11 o'clock position“" onto connecting lug of gearshift actuator for R tronic as shown in illustration (arrow A).
8. Do not crush the O-ring when pressing in sensor 2 for gear detection G616.
9. After fitting gear detection sensor 2G616, turn it in a clockwise direction (arrow B) until the bolts can be inserted. [Note: The spring pressure of the sender is felt when turning..]
10. Fit bolts.
11. Install heat shield „Heat shield above gearshift actuator for R tronic, tightening torque“.
12. Install air cleaner housing Injection and ignition system24.
13. Install rear bumper cover General body repairs, exterior63.
14. Perform basic setting for gear actuator .

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