Renewing gear oil — VW
Renewing gear oil on VW: 11 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 Passat CC (357, 2008–2012), VW Polo 6R (2009–2014), VW Touran I (1T, 2003–2015), VW Golf V / Jetta (1K, 2003–2009), VW Passat B6 (3C, 2005–2010), VW Golf VI (5K, 2008–2013); platform codes 5M1, 1F7, 137, 521
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- The dimension (a) is measured from the shaft (green area in the magnifying glass) of the adapter for oil fillingVAS 6262 A.
- Mark dimension (a) on the breather pipe and shorten pipe with pipe cutterVAS 6056/2.
📋 Procedure
- Position used oil collection and extraction unitV.A.G 1782 under gearbox.
- Then drain remaining oil.
- Repair leak.
- Then install the drain plug again.
- Remove battery and (battery tray)27Battery; Removing and installing battery.
- Pull cap off breather hole.
- Fit oil filling adapterVAS 6262 A with adapterVAS 6262/4 on breather hole. [Note: Only the gear oil for the 7-speed dual clutch gearbox 0AM, which is available through the replacement parts system, may be used Electronic Parts Catalogue.Shake oil bottles before filling.Breather pipe of adapter for oil fillingVAS 6262 A may need to be shortened.]
- In order to ensure that the breather pipe of the adapter for oil fillingVAS 6262 A does not contact the bottom of some oil bottles, the pipe must be shortened to the length (a). [Note: The dimension (a) is measured from the shaft (green area in the magnifying glass) of the adapter for oil fillingVAS 6262 A.]
- Mark dimension (a) on the breather pipe and shorten pipe with pipe cutterVAS 6056/2.
- Bolt extensionVAS 6262/7 onto bottle. Then screw on, adapter for oil fillingVAS 6262 A.
- Add 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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