2004 A6 2.7T Transmission Fluid Change ??
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 358
From: Baltimore, MD
Hey, we have service kits for your car here:
http://www.raimotorsport.com/ATF-Fil.../01v398009.htm
The Redline fluid is better than OEM and can help preserve the life of your transmission
http://www.raimotorsport.com/ATF-Fil.../01v398009.htm
The Redline fluid is better than OEM and can help preserve the life of your transmission
3rd Gear
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 1,980
From: Northern California
ZF's definition of lifetime is about 100K miles. I changed mine at 75000 and it is working great.
FYI, you need synthetic. Which one to use? There will be a never ending debate... Pentosin, Esso, Mobil 1 all seem to work; however, changing the filter and the fluid is not as simple as dumping out the fluid and filling it. One, there is no dip stick. Two, you have to fill the fluid at certain temperature. I recommend using VAGcom to read the temperature reading, but there is a way to do without it. Also filling it requires a hand pump, unless you are planning to use gravity feed method like the dealers do.
Do some research before you do it. I have a PDF that I created if you are interested.
FYI, you need synthetic. Which one to use? There will be a never ending debate... Pentosin, Esso, Mobil 1 all seem to work; however, changing the filter and the fluid is not as simple as dumping out the fluid and filling it. One, there is no dip stick. Two, you have to fill the fluid at certain temperature. I recommend using VAGcom to read the temperature reading, but there is a way to do without it. Also filling it requires a hand pump, unless you are planning to use gravity feed method like the dealers do.
Do some research before you do it. I have a PDF that I created if you are interested.
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Joined: May 2010
Posts: 3
From: Las Vegas
ZF's definition of lifetime is about 100K miles. I changed mine at 75000 and it is working great.
FYI, you need synthetic. Which one to use? There will be a never ending debate... Pentosin, Esso, Mobil 1 all seem to work; however, changing the filter and the fluid is not as simple as dumping out the fluid and filling it. One, there is no dip stick. Two, you have to fill the fluid at certain temperature. I recommend using VAGcom to read the temperature reading, but there is a way to do without it. Also filling it requires a hand pump, unless you are planning to use gravity feed method like the dealers do.
Do some research before you do it. I have a PDF that I created if you are interested.
FYI, you need synthetic. Which one to use? There will be a never ending debate... Pentosin, Esso, Mobil 1 all seem to work; however, changing the filter and the fluid is not as simple as dumping out the fluid and filling it. One, there is no dip stick. Two, you have to fill the fluid at certain temperature. I recommend using VAGcom to read the temperature reading, but there is a way to do without it. Also filling it requires a hand pump, unless you are planning to use gravity feed method like the dealers do.
Do some research before you do it. I have a PDF that I created if you are interested.
1st Gear
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 3
Changed mine for the first time last night on my 03 a6 2.7t took about an hour an a half, this forum and this diy helped me a lot, Audi 01V Tiptronic Transmission Fluid Change | Audiction.com .. simple enough, not to mention I'm 17. The manual 6-speed transmissions hold about 2.5L, and the automatic transmissions hold 6-7L. Make sure the car is level when draining and filling. There is a drain plug and a fill plug located about midway on the transmission, the oil comes out fast and if your engine isn't cool the oil is hotter than you think. The hardest part of the fluid change was getting the fluid in the fill bolt with no gravity fed fluid pump or "something like that".. I ended up taking a piece of pvc pipe, heating it up and bending it to the correct angle to fit in the fill bolt hole and fixing it on the spout of the transmission fluid bottle then squeezing the fluid out of the bottle which deemed pretty difficult. Before the fluid chance I was experiencing trouble shifting into first and second and downshifting, my assumption is that the linkage is F-ed up but changing the tranny fluid definitely helped and was worth it.. http://www.audiction.com/audi-mainte...-fluid-change/
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