A8 D2 PF gearbox oil change?

[Dezzy]

Originally Posted by gti69

Right... the Saga continues!

Booked it for gearbox service at Mackies for today - gave them reg number, year etc, was quoted £155.40. Left the car today in the morning. Was told it will be ready by 2pm. Just received a call from John advising that he never seen such gearbox on Audi before as usually they are 5 speed. Well, I gave them the REG so they should have checked. They took off the sump and apparently cannot get to the oil filer. Extra cost for doing it would be + £260 on top of quoted £155.40 as apparently whey would need to remove the manifolds and cats?! So?! That is just ridiculous. Asked them to put it all back together and top up oil if required. Hopefully they are going to do it in a proper way and do not damage anything / nor leave it with too little oil! I am worried now...

Originally Posted by gti69

Thanks Brian.

I was actually told today in the morning about Caledonian, will give them a try. I guess if someone is accredited by ZF then they should be trained on different gearboxes, plus, before quoting for a job, they should have checked the car/gearbox type and quote properly, not changing the terms when the car is on the ramp and realising this gearbox is something they never saw. I would assume a garage should have Autodata like database/software with all different procedures and instructions on how to change this on different cars. Phoned them back and asked how are they going to put it all back now, as if they took the sump off (not completely) they should really fit in a new gasket. I was told/asked - we will do whatever you want us to do? Eh? I just want it to be put back to how it was and to be sure it does not leak anywhere, as it surely was not leaking beforehand.

The extra £260 was quoted on 'umm, it is going to take extra 4hrs to do it as the cats need to be taken off, btw they are welded to the centre section...' ehh they are not as my mate just replaced the centre section for me and it is connected by clamp / bolts.

Not happy with the service at all.

To be honest, I am not trying to sound cheap here, but £415.40 for an oil change in gearbox sounds a bit too much to me.

Yep that does sound a bit expencive, the fluid should be the biggest cost.

The PF sump and filter will come off without removing the CAT's. The driverside CAT makes 1 or 2 of the sump bolts awkward to remove but it will pass.

Originally Posted by rory_pamphilon

Does anybody know what is a reasonable/average price for gearbox oil change? Looking to get mine done very soon.

Thanks

Are we still talking PF? as this thread has moved away from the title and moved onto FL boxes and they are obviously different.

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

Are we still talking PF? as this thread has moved away from the title and moved onto FL boxes and they are obviously different

I've had both my PF and FL done at the same local independent (drain, refill, filter) and they had no problems. They did tell me in advance that the FL was a bit trickier to get at due to one of the cats getting in the way (I think of the bottom plate), but didn't charge noticeably more.

[ulfilias]

Hi there,

HP - I've done both FL and PF on the 5 speed and they are the same gearbox. However the origional poster is talking about the 4 speed that came earlier in the FL's life. I'd heard they were a lot more reliable than the 5 speeds

Lee

[Dezzy]

The 4 speed is what i'm talking about too, nice and easy.

And yes they do seem to be more reliable 235k on mine and no recepts for any work done apart from the filter and fluid change i had done a few years ago.