[urq] RE: Ur-q gearbox oil

[C1J1Miller at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/25/01 12:56:38 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
Dave.Eaton at clear.net.nz writes:

> 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.


At one point, Audi changed the height of the fill hole for the 016 tranny, 
but kept the same quantity of oil on initial fill; they specified that it is 
permissible to fill to the revised (higher) fill hole.
Chris