Filling 6L80E

[HOLDAN]

I'm taking my car to Willowbank in a few weeks and I want squeeze some more oil in the A6 to minimise the impacts of oil wash (I'm working on a long-term fix for that at the moment but it won't be ready for a while yet).

Apart from Dexron VI oil, what do I need to get the job done?

Regards, Dan

[Tre-Cool]

long enough hose that fits in the blocked up dipstick hole from the top of the engine
600ml bottle
drill hole in lid of bottle put hose into it.

cut bottom off the bottle. pour fluid into bottle it will go down the hose into the trans.

that's how i do mine.

[ATOMIC MALOO R8]

just locate the filler plug (drivers side rubber push in bung ) at the rear drivers side corner you will need a pump and a plastic hose
if you know its full now just ad the amount you wont
other wise check to see if its full by getting the trans up to temp 50.c to 70.c ( use the in dash menu ) and undo the check bung under the rear of the pan start it up (put in drive BE CARFULL) if oil drips out its full if not
ad some till it does
that's how i do it anyway

[Roonstain]

long enough hose that fits in the blocked up dipstick hole from the top of the engine
600ml bottle
drill hole in lid of bottle put hose into it.

cut bottom off the bottle. pour fluid into bottle it will go down the hose into the trans.

that's how i do mine.

Or this so you can check the level easily in the future:
http://forum.grrrr8.net/showthread.php?t=21182&page=1

[HOLDAN]

long enough hose that fits in the blocked up dipstick hole from the top of the engine
600ml bottle
drill hole in lid of bottle put hose into it.

cut bottom off the bottle. pour fluid into bottle it will go down the hose into the trans.

that's how i do mine.

That's great - thankyou. What size hose (diam). Where do I find the dipstick hole?

[HOLDAN]

just locate the filler plug (drivers side rubber push in bung ) at the rear drivers side corner you will need a pump and a plastic hose
if you know its full now just ad the amount you wont
other wise check to see if its full by getting the trans up to temp 50.c to 70.c ( use the in dash menu ) and undo the check bung under the rear of the pan start it up (put in drive BE CARFULL) if oil drips out its full if not
ad some till it does
that's how i do it anyway

OK thanks for that. Is the check bung obvious to locate? Just don't want a pan full of 70 degree trans oil hitting the driveway when I undo the wrong bunb.

[Tre-Cool]

i think the hose was 9.5 or 10mm diameter from memory.

the bolt on the pan is obvious it's the only one on the pan.

[HOLDAN]

i think the hose was 9.5 or 10mm diameter from memory.

the bolt on the pan is obvious it's the only one on the pan.

Very good - thankyou.

Regards, Dan

[dogsballs]

don't overfill box, as you don't want the rotating parts sloshing around the contents of the pan. box does not like it.

[Wonky]

don't overfill box, as you don't want the rotating parts sloshing around the contents of the pan. box does not like it.

Not sure what you're basing that on given you don't have an A6 but my mechanic and quite a few others have found that they like an extra 500ml or so.

[dogsballs]

same as engine. do you overfill your oil, so you have the crank rotating in it?!

I run my gearbox on the high side, but don't overfill it.

[Tre-Cool]

there are no rotating parts in the a6 that can come into direct contact with the overfilled sump. what does happen under hard launches or accelleration is the fluid goes the back of the pan and the filter sucks up air and you get a hesitated or slow shift.

[etrocket]

Any one got pics

[raff]

This shows the position of the sump level plug and filler bung (on drivers side)



This is filler plug (driver side)



Removed (pull up top part then removed plug)



I used a syphon and Dextron to top up, replaced the bung. Ran car to op temp and cycled through gears, remove sump level plug on level ground and wait til flow ceases to a constant drip and reinstall sump plug. If no flow add more fluid!

[JezzaB]

Make sure the car is level and running when you check it. It will take a while for it to get up to temp.