Audi A8 Workshop Manual page 163

– Place used oil collection and extraction unit -V.A.G 1782- be‐
low gearbox.
WARNING
Wear safety goggles.
– Slacken and remove securing bolts for cover for self-locking
centre differential in the sequence -6 ... 1- and allow gear oil
to drain out.
Note
The cover does not have a drain plug; gear oil can only be drained
by removing the cover.
Caution
Detach centre differential housing from gearbox carefully to‐
wards the rear. Take care that self-locking centre differential
does not drop out of gearbox.
– Secure self-locking centre differential -B- and baffle plate -A-
to prevent them dropping out, or pull them off the output shaft
towards the rear.
Installing
Installation is carried out in reverse sequence; note the following:
Note
Renew O-ring on cover for transfer box.
Note the following if the self-locking centre differential -B- and the
baffle plate -A- have been removed:
– Clean baffle plate, lubricate with gear oil and insert in gearbox.
• Installation position: tongue on baffle plate should be posi‐
tioned on the gearbox so that the side lugs are located above
opening -B- -arrow-.
Servicing automatic gearbox 09E, four-wheel drive - Edition 12.2011
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