Fluid Pan: Service and Repair

Removing and installing ATF pan








Preliminary work for removing and installing ATF pan

Preliminary work for ATF pan

1. Move selector lever to position P.
2. Remove underbody cover.
3. Support the transmission with a transmission jack and mounting plate. When doing this, place a suitable piece of wood underneath so that the weight is distributed evenly on the ATF pan.





Supporting ATF pan

4. Remove transmission support.
5. Support the transmission at the screw-on point for the transmission support.





Support for transmission





Tool for supporting PDK

1 - 2 x Transport eyebolt 9700
2 - Tube VW 519
3 - Assembly tool T10301 /1
4 - Assembly tool T10301 /9

Removing ATF pan

WARNING
Hot fluid
* Danger of scalding

-> Let the fluid cool down.
-> Wear personal protective gear.

Information
Make sure to use steel screws when fitting the ATF pan.

1. Place a drip pan underneath.
2. Open the oil drain plug and drain oil.





Oil drain plug for PDK

3. Remove heat protection on the transmission.





Heat protection panel for PDK wiring harness

4. Remove heat shield on the transmission.





Heat shield on transmission

5. Unscrew fastening screws securing ATF pan to transmission.





Screws for ATF pan

6. Remove ATF pan.

Installing ATF pan

Information
Make sure to use steel screws when fitting the ATF pan.

1. Clean the sealing surface on the transmission.

Information
To ensure that the ATF pan will not leak, it must always be replaced following removal.

2. Install a new ATF pan and tighten fastening screws hand-tight.
3. Tighten fastening screws in the specified sequence. -> Tightening torque: 10 Nm (7.5 ftlb.)±1 Nm (± 0.5 ftlb.)





Screws for ATF pan

4. Screw in and tighten oil drain plug -arrow- on the new ATF pan. -> Tightening torque: 15 Nm (11 ftlb.) +3 Nm (+2 ftlb.)





Oil drain plug for PDK

5. Fit heat shield on the transmission. -> Tightening torque: 23 Nm (17 ftlb.)





Heat shield on transmission

6. Fit heat protection on the transmission.





Heat protection panel for PDK wiring harness

Subsequent work for ATF pan

Reworking ATF pan

WARNING
Hot fluid
* Danger of scalding

-> Let the fluid cool down.
-> Wear personal protective gear.

1. Support the transmission with a transmission jack and mounting plate. When doing this, place a suitable piece of wood underneath so that the weight is distributed evenly on the ATF pan.





Supporting ATF pan

2. Install transmission support.

Information
Use only oil approved by Porsche.

3. Open the oil inspection plug -arrow- and fill in oil using manual metering pump WE 1372 until oil overflows.





ATF filler plug

4. Check and top up ATF.
5. Install underbody cover.