Removing and installing gear oil filter — AUDI
Removing and installing gear oil filter on Audi: 22 steps, 1 torque figure. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes SF, SG
- Opens: engine oil
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- Only the control lines of vehicles with front-wheel drive have to be removed.
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Screw in filter housing and tighten |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Open (2) clip and pull pressure hose off throttle valve control unit J338 together with throttle valve potentiometer G69 and motor for intake manifold flap V157(1).
- Open clip (2) and remove pressure hose (1) leading to charge air cooler.
- Drain oil . [Note: Only the control lines of vehicles with front-wheel drive have to be removed.]
- Open spring-type clips (2) and pull off hoses (1).
- Remove bolt (4) and remove retainer (3).
- Unscrew bolt (5) until retainer (6) can be rotated downwards.
- Unscrew bolt (1).
- Unscrew union nut (3) and remove control line (2).
- Unscrew bolt (4).
- Unclip cable at control line (5)(arrows).
- Unscrew union nut (6) and remove control line (5).
- Unscrew filter housing (1).
- Renew missing or damaged heat shield (2).
- Thoroughly clean oily areas on gearbox.
- Insert oil filter with collar (arrow) downwards.
- Tighten filter housing.
- Install control lines by fitting union nuts (3 and 6) and tightening them hand-tight.
- Fit bolts (1) and tighten hand-tight.
- Clip cable on control line (arrows).
- Tighten securing bolt and control lines 39Propshaft; Removing and installing propshaft.
- Install pressure hose.
- Fill with oil .
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Who makes these pages, and how
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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