Audi RS 3 LMS DSG User Manual page 46

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Change the gearbox oil and filter at the indicated mileage.
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Oil filter and oil must be the recommended ones.
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All gearbox spares must be Audi Sport original parts, detailed on the Audi RS 3 LMS Spare Parts
Catalogue.
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If there is no oil leakage it is not necessary any level control.
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Contact Audi Sport and send it for service when the service mileage is reached.
How to change the gearbox oil:
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With the gearbox oil temperature below 50°C, the
lever in position P, the vehicle on a level and the
engine stopped, remove the oil drain plug and the
overflow pipe located inside.
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Wait until all the oil runs out, more or less 5 litres, and
screw the overflow pipe again (3Nm). Change now
the gearbox oil filter.
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Fill 5,5 litres of new oil and hand-tight the oil drain
plug. Audi Sport recommends using the adapter for
gearbox oil filling (VAS 6262A). If not fill it from the oil
filter housing (slower).
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Start the engine. Release brake pedal and select
each selector lever position for 3 seconds. Then go back to P. Do not switch off the engine.
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With the engine running at idle speed and the gearbox oil between 35 and 45°C, remove the oil
drain plug again and let the surplus oil drain out. When it begins only to drip, install the oil drain
plug with a new seal (45 Nm).
Note:
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If when doing the level after removing the oil drain plug no oil drains out: stop the engine, add 0,5
litres more and repeat the process from running the gearbox in all selector lever positions on.
How to adjust the selector lever:
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Unscrew the selector lever bolt (see picture).
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Put the lever in P position.
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Turn the gearbox selector lever backwards.
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Screw the selector lever bolt.
VAQ differential
The VAQ is a self-locking electro-hydraulic differential, with three different mappings that change the
behaviour either for power or braking.
Routine maintenance:
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Change the VAQ oil at the indicated mileage.
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The oil must be the recommended one.
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All VAQ spares must be Audi Sport original parts, detailed on the Audi RS 3 LMS Spare Parts
Catalogue.
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If there is no oil leakage it is not necessary any level control.
Bolt
Turn backwards
Gearbox seen from below
Oil drain plug
Selector lever
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