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Draining off gear oil > < Checking gear oil level and filling up with gear oil

A3 Mk2

Preparations
Preparations
Gear oil specification for manual gearboxes → Electronic parts catalogue
–  Remove complete air cleaner housing → Rep. gr.23.
   
Audi A3
–  Remove noise insulation (centre) by releasing fasteners -1 ... 3-.
  A10-1565
Audi A3 Cabriolet
–  Remove noise insulation (centre) -1- → General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr.50.
Continued for all vehicles
Clean gearbox.
  Caution
A pivot pin for the selector forks in the gearbox must be removed in order to drain the gear oil.
The selector shaft must be locked to prevent the position of the selector forks from being changed, e.g. due to accidental operation of the selector mechanism.
Lock the selector shaft as follows:
  A10-10917
–  Press selector shaft down (direction of -arrow 1-).
–  While pressing selector shaft down, move angled rod -A- upwards in direction of -arrow 2-. At the same time press angled rod carefully into selector shaft until it engages.
  N34-0881

Draining off gear oil > < Checking gear oil level and filling up with gear oil