Fluid Filter - A/T: Service and Repair
Transmission Fluid Filter
Removing
- Remove the oil pan. Refer to => [ Oil Pan ] Oil Pan.
- Remove the bolts - arrows -.
- Remove the transmission fluid filter.
- Remove the filter seal - 1 - from the filter.
Installing
• Tightening specification, refer to => [ Oil Pan, Filter and Mechatronic Unit Overview ] Oil Pan, Filter and Mechatronic Unit Overview.
Danger of causing damage to the seal.
• First install the filter loosely. Then center it and press it into the Mechatronic unit.
- Lubricate a new seal - 1 - with Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF) and install it on the filter collar.
- Install the filter to the Mechatronic unit but do not push it in yet!
- Turn the bolts - A - 3 turns only into the Mechatronic unit.
- Turn the bolt - B - only half way (approximately 5 turns).
- Center the filter. It must slide into its seat.
- Press the filter - arrows - evenly on the corners all the way into the Mechatronic unit and hold it in this position.
- Tighten the bolts - A and B - all the way by hand.
- Install the oil pan. Refer to => [ Oil Pan ] Oil Pan.
- Fill the ATF and check the level. Refer to => [ ATF, Draining Or Filling after Repair ] ATF, Draining or Filling After Repair.