Gearbox identification

[Chrisw4266]

Gearbox identification
Hi everyone I just bought a '03 allroad 2.5TDI auto an was hoping some one could shed some light on what type of gearbox is fitted to it it's a 5 speed auto with a manual mode on the shifter and buttons on the steering wheel. Any help would be great cheers Chris.

 

[Alex C]

isn't the gearboc code on the sticker either in the service book or the spare wheel well?

 

[Chrisw4266]

I just wanted to know if it was a multitronic cvt or a tiptronic normal auto. Cheers for the reply.

 

[deanosabby]

It is a tiptronic box mate. Quattros don't come with montronic boxes. Phew.

 

[adamss24]

Yeah, it's a tiptronic gearbox with a conventional torque convertor- not usually go wrong but i have 1 allroad on which the gearbox failed twice: when the car was 2.5-3 years old and the box ben replaced under waranty and then 2 years ago, when also costed the previous owner £1800 ! Oil changes with corect gearbox fluid do keep them working nice and smooth...

 

[Chrisw4266]

Cheers Adam I've got FASH but do they change the G'box oil on service? if not what kind of a job is it? Did the oil an filter on my old sharan 1.9tdi auto was a right pain had to run up to a specific temp and fill till it spilled out of the drain plug/level plug overly complicated in my opinion lol.

 

[Chrisw4266]

PS thanks to whoever moved this thread to the correct forum newby error sorry.

 

[Chrisw4266]

Planing on doing a gearbox oil and filter change soon I've been told its a bit if a faff to do. The only difficult part seems to be refilling is it necessary to have vagcom or can I just warm the 'box up and use a infrared probe to check the temp ? I've done this on a previous VW sharan auto and all went well. The sharan had a dipstick tube to fill it but don't think my allroad does so will I need a pump to fill it via the drain/fill bung?
Cheers Chris.