6-speed manual gearbox 02N — Checking gear oil — VW
6-speed manual gearbox 02N — Checking gear oil on VW: 13 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: VW Sharan I / SEAT Alhambra (7M)
📋 Procedure
- Remove noise insulation. General body repairs, exterior66
- To check gear oil, remove oil plug (arrow).
- Screw in plug (arrow) with new seal.
- Tighten bolt (arrow) to specified torque .
- Remove oil plug (arrow).
- Fill with gear oil to lower edge of filler hole.
- Screw in plug (arrow) with new seal.
- Start engine, engage gear and allow gearbox to turn for approx. 2 minutes.
- Stop engine and remove plug (arrow).
- Top up oil to lower edge of filler hole again.
- Screw in new plug (arrow).
- Tighten bolt (arrow) to specified torque .
- Install noise insulation. General body repairs, exterior66
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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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