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Draining gear oil > < Checking and topping up gear oil

Golf Mk5

Preparation
Preparation
Gear oil specification for manual gearbox → Electronic parts catalogue (ETKA).
–  Remove complete air filter housing → Rep. gr.23 or → Rep. gr.24.
–  Remove noise insulation → General body repairs, exterior; Rep. gr.50.
   
Clean gearbox.
  Caution
To drain gear oil, a pivot pin for the selector forks in the gearbox must be removed.
To prevent the positions of the selector forks from being changed, e.g. due to accidental operation of the selector mechanism, the selector shaft must be locked in position.
Secure selector shaft as follows:
  N01-0453
–  Press selector shaft down -direction of arrow 1-.
–  While pressing down selector shaft, turn angled rod -A- in -direction of arrow 2- upwards and at the same time press it in until it engages in selector shaft.
  N34-0881

Draining gear oil > < Checking and topping up gear oil