mdillian3690

to synthetic oil. I am tired of the hard shifting(no smoothness) in the cold weather.

P. Bauer

The drain plugs are on the bottom of the transmission, one near the front (bell housing area), one near the rear of the tranny. The fill plug is on the driver's side above near the transaxle.

I suggest removing the fill plug, then the drain plugs to make sure you get all of the fluid out.

mdillian3690

thanks! What type of trans fluid?

ryans4

Here is a shot of the Tranny...

<img src="http://www.boom.net/~ryans4/S4_Fluids/Tranny_Drain_Plug_1.gif">

or you can go here for more information:

<a href="http://www.boom.net/~ryans4/S4_Fluids.html">http://www.boom.net/~ryans4/S4_Fluids.html</a>

P. Bauer

Other people have used Redline Shockproof (Lightweight), or you can go to the dealer and ask for synthetic tranny fluid (probably $$$$$)

funkadelic

i used Redline MT90 fluid for the transaxle.

the oily transaxle was due to a leaking valley pan gasket
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GrandPaJohn

I had the revised Audi fluid (I don't have the part # handy)in for about 35k and it was noticably thinner and smother in cold weather. But the Amsoil is definitely smoother after about 15 minutes of driving so I'm sure it will be smoother once the temps get above the single digits that we have now :-)