Audi A8 Workshop Manual page 29

Gearbox with 24 bolts on ATF oil pan:
– Slacken bolts for ATF oil pan in the sequence -24 ... 1- and
remove bolts.
Gearbox with 13 bolts on ATF oil pan:
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remove bolts.
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Continued for all gearboxes:
– Take off ATF oil pan and gasket.
Depending on the type of oil pan, with either 13 or 24 bolts:
– Remove mechatronic unit (13 bolts on oil pan)
⇒ „1.4 Removing and installing mechatronic unit - gearbox with
13 bolts on oil pan", page 102
– Remove mechatronic unit (24 bolts on oil pan)
⇒ „1.3 Removing and installing mechatronic unit - gearbox with
24 bolts on oil pan", page 99
Continued for all vehicles:
Servicing automatic gearbox 09E, four-wheel drive - Edition 12.2011
Audi A6 2005 ➤ , Audi A8 2003 ➤
2. Dismantling and assembling planetary gearbox
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