Skoda Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Remove gearbox (Octavia II) Special tools and workshop equipment required t  Supporting device -T30099- t  Base -T30099/1- t  Hook -MP9-200/10- t  Engine/gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- t  Hose clamps -MP7-602 (3094)- t  Gearbox mount -3282- t  Adjusting plate -3282/36- t  Alignment rail -MP3-457/2 (VW 457)- t  Supporting device for engine -MP3-470 (3300 A)- t  Wedge -T10161- –  Remove engine cover at the top.   Note t  If the battery earth strap is disconnected and connected, carry out additional operations → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. t  All cable straps which are detached or cut open when removing, should be fitted on again in the same place when installing. –  Disconnect the battery-earth strap with the ignition off → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Remove air filter → Engine; Rep. gr.24. –  Remove battery and battery tray → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27. –  Remove the cooling water tank cover → Body Work; Rep. gr.66. –  Shift selector lever into position „P“.

–  Lever off the selector lever control cable -3- from gearshift lever, e.g. using an open-end wrench -1-. –  Press together the catches at the cable support of the selector lever control cable -arrows- and pull out the selector lever control cable from the cable support/gearbox. –  Disconnect plug connection -4- and expose electrical cable at bracket -2-. –  Unscrew the cable support for the selector lever control cable from the gearbox.

–  Unscrew earth strap -3-. –  Detach cables -1- and -2- at starter and expose. –  Mark hoses of ATF radiator to ATF radiator, in order to prevent interchanging when installing.   Note Depending on the as-built configuration a small plastic tube is located in the feed of the ATF radiator, which must be re-installed during installation.

–  Clamp off the ATF-radiator hoses with hose clamps -MP7-602 (3094)- and remove from ATF-radiator. –  Close ATF-radiator with a clean plug. –  Release all connecting screws of the engine/gearbox accessible from the top.

Vehicles with 1.6 ltr. FSI (85 kW) engine:

Vehicles with 2.0 ltr. FSI (110 kW) engine and vehicles with 1.6 ltr. 2V (75 kW) engine:

–  Fit supporting device -T30099-. –  Take up the weight of the engine/gearbox unit at the spindle.

–  Remove gearbox console -A-, to this end release screws -1- and -2-. –  Remove both front wheels. –  Remove noise insulation → Body Work; Rep. gr.50 and remove lower part of the wheelhouse liners → Body Work; Rep. gr.66.

–  Disconnect plug connection -1- at oil level and oil temperature sender -G266-. –  Unclip bracket -2- for electrical cable to oil level and oil temperature sender -G266- at assembly carrier.

–  Remove pendulum support -arrows A, B- and -C-.

–  Disconnect plug connection -1-. –  Release vacuum hose -2-. –  Release screws -arrows- and remove vacuum pump for brake servo unit.

–  Separate plug connections -1- and -2- at automatic gearbox. –  Unscrew bracket for electrical cables from the lower starter fixing screw. –  Tie up bracket with the electrical cables to the front. –  Removing starter → Electrical System; Rep. gr.27.

–  Remove cap for drive shaft from the engine -arrows-. –  Remove front exhaust pipe from exhaust manifold → Engine; Rep. gr.26.

–  Unscrew nut -arrow- on both vehicle sides and remove coupling rods from anti-roll bar.

–  Unscrew nuts -arrows- at left steering joint. –  Slacken nut (if fitted on the vehicle) at bracket of front left vehicle level sender -G78-. –  Unhook suspension arm from track control arm.

–  Swivel out the suspension strut, to do so press the drive shaft out of the wheel bearing unit using the wedge -T10161-. –  Tie up drive shaft. –  Repeat procedure on the opposite side of the vehicle.

–  Remove the cap from the opening for the converter nuts. –  Unscrew the 6 nuts -arrow- from the torque converter. To do so turn the crankshaft each time a further 60°.   Note If not all 6 nuts are unscrewed from the torque converter, the torque converter is pulled out when removing the gearbox from the engine! –  Lower the engine/gearbox assembly with the spindle approx. 50 mm.

–  Remove heat shield for the power-assisted steering control unit -J500- from the assembly carrier -arrows-.   Note If required the alignment rail -MP3-457/2 (VW 457)- has to be adapted → Anchor. Adapt alignment rail -MP3-457/2 (VW 457)-

–  Fit 2 holes -arrows- Ø 7 mm on the alignment rail -MP3-457/2 (VW 457)-. t  Dimension -a- = 70 mm t  Dimension -b- = 48 mm t  Dimension -c- = 11 mm

–  Screw down alignment rail -MP3-457/2 (VW 457)- with bolts M6 x 20 -arrows- onto the assembly carrier.

–  Position the supporting device for engine -MP3-470 (3300 A)- onto the alignment rail -MP3-457/2 (VW 457)-. –  Carefully press the engine/gearbox forwards via the spindle of the supporting device for engine -MP3-470 (3300 A)-   Note Observe all cables when displacing the engine/gearbox unit.

–  Mount engine/gearbox mount -3282- onto engine/gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A-. –  Position adjusting plate -3282/36- onto the gearbox mount -3282- (adjusting plate fits in only one position). –  Align arms of the gearbox mount with the holes in the adjusting plate. –  Screw in the mounting elements as shown on the adjusting plate. –  Position engine/gearbox jack -V.A.G 1383 A- below vehicle, arrow symbol on adjusting plate points in the direction of travel. –  Align the adjusting plate parallel to the gearbox. –  Secure the gearbox on the gearbox support -3282- using screw -1-. –  Position gearbox by lifting the gearbox mount from the bottom. –  Unscrew the remaining connecting screws of the engine/gearbox.

Vehicles with 1.6 ltr. FSI (85 kW) engine:

Vehicles with 2.0 ltr. FSI (110 kW) engine, vehicles with 1.8 ltr. TFSI (112 kW) engine and vehicles with 1.6 ltr. 2V (75 kW) engine: –  Push gearbox off engine, simultaneously press off the torque converter from the driver disc.

–  Push torque converter against the ATF-pump -arrow-. –  Carefully swivel gearbox towards the assembly carrier. –  Carefully lower the gearbox and guide past the assembly carrier downwards. –  Change the gearbox position at the spindles of the gearbox mount -3282- when lowering. –  Secure torque converter against dropping out.