End Cover, Removing and Installing

End cover, removing and installing - 01J, Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT)





Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
^ Engine support bridge 10-222 A
^ Pry lever 80-200
^ Triple square socket driver 3357
^ Engine/Transmission Jack V.A.G 1383 A
^ Oil receptacle

Removing

Note:
^ Refer to Rules of cleanliness for working on automatic transmissions.
^ Refer to General repair notes.

CAUTION!
Do not run engine with the end cover removed or without ATF filling and do not tow vehicle.

- Place selector lever in position "P".





- Remove tunnel cross member.

Vehicles with oval connector:





- Disengage harness connector -A- in direction of -arrow- and disconnect it from transmission.

Vehicles with round connector:





- Disengage electrical harness connector -1- and disconnect it from transmission.

All:





- Remove bracket -3- for selector lever cable by first removing bolts -2-.





- Using pry lever 80-200, press selector lever cable -A- from lever for selector shaft -arrow-.





- Remove bolts -2- and remove transmission mount -1- from transmission.





- Remove bolts -arrows- and remove end cover.

Installing
Installation is in reverse order of removal, note the following:

Note:
^ Replace sealing rings, seals and bolts for end cover.

Vehicles with round connector:





- Slide new twin lip oil seal -A- with twin lips facing outward onto connector at Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217.

Vehicles with oval connector:





- Slide new twin lip oil seal -A- with twin lips facing outward onto connector at Transmission Control Module (TCM) J217.

All:
- Clean sealing surfaces on transmission housing and on end cover.
- If bushings were installed in transmission housing or in cover, they must be remounted in same location.





- Place new seal for end cover -A- onto transmission housing.

Note:
^ There are metal and paper seals. The new seal must be made of the same material as the old one.
^ Make sure bushings are seated properly.

- Put on end cover and make sure seal does not slip.





- Tighten new bolts -arrows- first hand-tight and in diagonal sequence, and then to tightening torque (table).
- Check installation position of twin lip oil seal -A-:
^ Twin lip oil seal must fit flush (sealing lips must not be twisted).
- Check installation position of twin lip oil seal -A-: It must fit flush (sealing lips must not be twisted).





- Tighten bolts -2- of bracket for selector lever cable -3- on transmission.

Note:
^ Do not bend or kink the selector lever cable.
^ Lightly grease eyelet and ball socket of selector lever cable with polycarbamide grease G 052 142 A2 before installing.





- Press selector shaft lever -A- on transmission completely toward rear -arrow- until parking lock engages.





- Check whether selector lever is in position "P", then press ball socket of selector lever cable -2- carefully onto lever for selector shaft.

Note:
^ Take care not to bend selector shaft lever when pressing it on; support it if necessary, as otherwise selector mechanism can no longer be adjusted properly.





- Bolt transmission mount -1- onto transmission -2-.
- Install tunnel cross member.
- Adjust selector lever cable.
- Install exhaust system and align it free of tension.
- Fill with ATF.

Torque Specifications: