Renewing oil seal (left-side), 0D2: Audi Q7 / A4 B9
Step-by-step renewing oil seal (left-side), 0D2 for the Audi Q7 / A4 B9: 12 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 Q7 (4M, 2015–), Audi A4 B9 (8W, 2015–)
📋 Procedure
- Observe the general repair instructions .
- Knock out flange shaft (left-side) with multi-purpose toolVW771.
- Pry out oil seal with a suitable assembly lever.
- Lightly lubricate outer circumference of oil seal with gear oil.
- Pack space between sealing lip and dust lip half-full with sealing greaseG 052 128 A1.
- Drive in new oil seal to correct installation depth, taking care to keep seal straight.
- Clamp flange shaft in vice, using jaw protectors.
- Remove old circlip.
- Using pliers, insert new circlip (A) in groove in flange shaft, taking care not to overstretch circlip.
- Drive in flange shaft with driftVW 295.
- Install rear final drive .
- Check oil level in rear final drive .
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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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