Ur-q gearbox oil

[Dave Eaton]

be careful with the method which fills the gearbox to the filler hole.  for
instance, with the cgr (6-speed) transmission, audi specify that, in the rs2
spec (early rs2's used the cgr, not the crb) - it must be filled with less
oil (filled to 18mm *below* the plug), than when it is in an s2 (where it
should be 7mm *below* the plug i.e. more oil).  identical gearbox.  too much
frothing of the oil would be detrimental to gearbox life i guess...

sorry, i'm on holiday and don't have the manuals handy.  does anyone know
for sure that filling to the plug gives the correct capacity in
ur-quattro's, and if so, are there any ur-q gearboxes where this is not the
case?

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 16:19:03 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Re: Ur-q gearbox oil

Capacity is 3.2 litres upto no. 15075 and 2.2 litres thereafter (see back
cover of Bentley). If it is your MB then I'm sure it is the latter.

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim Haseltine" <Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [urq] Ur-q gearbox oil
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:37:18 -0000

Actually, I think that I've just found the answer to my question.
In the archives from June 97, Mr Payne advised:-

>Checking the gearbox oil level is easy, productive and messy.  The filler
is a
>plug on the side with an Allen recess - you wind it out, stick in the gear
oil
>bottle's proboscis, and squeeze.  When the stuff overflows and drips in
your
>eye, it's full.

If its good enough for Phil, its good enough for me. Back under the car.....

----- Original Message -----

From: "Jim Haseltine" <Jim at ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 14:25:25 -0000

Anybody - what's the refill oil capacity of an Ur-q APX gearbox?
I think the full capacity is 3.2 litres so I'd expect the refill to be
around 3. What I've drained out is nothing like that, 2-2.5 at best and its
not pleasant stuff, brown/black and stinks - rather a lot of foam too so I'm
guessing that the slight noise from the gearbox was down to it being low on
oil.