When tested, the ATF should be at operating temperature, which is roughly equivalent to a 10 km trip. The amount of liquid varies with temperature. When cold, the control level is too low, after a long trip it is too high.
Put the car on the parking brake, set the gear lever to the position «R», leave the engine to idle.
Pull out the ATF dipstick located in the direction of travel on the left rear of the engine. You can recognize it by its handle. Wipe it only with a completely dry and lint-free cloth.
Insert the dipstick and pull it out again.
Transparent ATF must be visible between both markings. The marking on the tip of the dipstick is intended only for measuring when filling in case of ATF replacement.
Vehicles without an ATR indicator For vehicles with a ZF drive, the condition of the ATF is checked only during the technical inspection.
To do this, remove the cap in the ATF filling pipe (at the rear in the engine compartment under the brake fluid reservoir).
Insert the filling tube into the pointer «02» with the number 01F321431 A, taken from an Audi workshop.
The following check is carried out in the same way as for vehicles with an ATF indicator.
Previously, ATF was always transparent and light red in color. Now a liquid is used, which during operation can turn black-brown.
If the ATF smells like burning on the extended dipstick, then there is some kind of damage to the gearbox.
If the fluid level is too low, you cannot simply add ATF, you need to check the gearbox for leaks. You must entrust the necessary sealing work to a workshop.
Too high fluid level may be due to damage to the gasket between the planetary gear and the axle drive.
Check axle drive oil level, see next paragraph.
If the oil level in the axle drive is at a normal level, then in this case the excess ATF is simply sucked out of the automatic transmission. Too high ATF levels can also damage the transmission.
The Audi-100 uses an automatic transmission with and without a rod-type level indicator. In the figure on the right - with a level indicator. With the engine running: Pull the dipstick out of the guide tube (3), located at the rear left in the engine compartment. With warm ATF, the fluid level should be in the normal range (1) between two marks. On extension (2) you can check the level with cold ATF. Cars without a level indicator are recognized by the cap (arrow in the top picture). To measure the level of ATF - a special pointer «02» (picture below), available in the Audi workshop.
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