Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Change the gearbox oil, replace the oil filter   Note The following instructions must be observed until termination of the gear oil change. removing and installing oil filter –  Remove engine cover → engine; Rep. gr.10. –  Remove air filter → Engine; Rep. gr.24 or → Rep. gr.23. –  Raise vehicle. –  Remove the sound dampening system → Body Work; Rep. gr.50. –  Position the catch pan under the gearbox. –  Lower the vehicle.

–  Unscrew oil filter housing -1- from gearbox. –  Before removing, the oil filter must be slightly inclined. So that the oil can flow out of the oil filter back into the gearbox.   Note Always replace O-ring -2- → Electronic Catalogue of Original Parts. –  Remove filter -3-. –  Moisten O-ring -2- with gear oil.

–  Moisten the O-ring in the intake collar -arrow- of the new oil filter with gear oil. –  Insert new oil filter with the intake collar -arrow- downwards and tighten the filter housing to tightening torque → Chapter. –  Install air filter → Engine; Rep. gr.23 or → Engine; Rep. gr.24. Change gear oil, check oil level –  Raise vehicle.

–  Remove protection plate -A- at the bottom of the gearbox -arrows-; if applicable. l  The catch pan is under the gearbox.   WARNING t  Wear safety goggles. t  Wear protective gloves.

Gearbox with drain plug -A- and check screw -B- installed up to 12.04.

The gearboxes installed as of 01.05 have only one check screw -B-. Oil can only be drained and checked via the check screw -B-.

–  Unscrew the inspection plug -arrow- close to the pendulum support.   Note A plastic overflow tube with an 8 mm hexagon socket and a tightening torque of 3 Nm is located behind this screw. The length of the overflow tube determines the oil level in the gearbox, when replacing assign via part number → Electronic Catalogue of Original Parts.

–  Remove overflow tube. Approx. 5.0 ltr of oil flows out. Furthermore, the catch pan remains under the gearbox. –  Screw in overflow tube and tighten to tightening torque → Chapter. For topping up, use adapter for oil filling, e.g. - VAS 6262A- or - VAS 6262-. Shake the oil reservoir before opening.

Before screwing the adapter for oil filling -VAS 6262A- onto the oil bottle, measure the length of the ventilation tube, the dimension -a-, and lengthen off the tube if necessary to the dimension -a- : 210 mm.   Note The dimension -a- is measured on the shaft (starting with the green area in the magnifying glass) of the adapter for oil filling -VAS 6262A-.   Caution The filling hose and the adapter -VAS 6262- or -VAS 6262A- must be clean and the gearbox oil must not be mixed with other oils!

–  Screw in adapter for oil filling -VAS 6262/2--A- by hand into the hole of the check screw.

When changing the bottle the shut-off valve can be closed or the adapter for oil filling -VAS 6262- or - VAS 6262A- can be held higher than the gearbox. –  Pour in 5.5 litres of gear oil for the double clutch gearbox using adapter for oil filling. –  Read off gearbox oil temperature at → Vehicle diagnostic tester. –  Start engine. –  Press brake pedal and push the selector lever for approx. 3 seconds into all positions. Then push again the selector lever into position »P«. Do not switch off the engine!   WARNING t  When working close to the radiator, always keep a distance from the fan - risk of injury! t  The fan can switch on automatically. For a gearbox oil temperature of 35°C up to 45°C: –  Separate the quick coupling at the adapter for oil filling when the engine is running. –  Drain off excess oil from the gearbox.   Note t  A slight amount of oil flows out via the overflow tube every 30 seconds, independent of the oil level; (the cause are pulses of the oil, which cool down the coupling). This oil quantity is no criterion for determining the correct oil level and must therefore not be taken into account when assessing. t  The oil drained from the gearbox must no longer be used for topping up the gearbox. Dispose of drained oil appropriately → Chapter.

–  As soon as the oil has been drained off (begins to drip), unscrew adapter for oil filling and screw in a new check screw -B-. Tightening torque: 45 Nm –  Switch off engine. Thus, the gear oil and oil filter change is completed. The oil level in the gearbox is correct. –  Install the noise insulation → Body Work; Rep. gr.50.