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automatic gearbox - timing belt

  • 16-04-2012 09:32PM
    #1
    firefly08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 854 ✭✭✭


    I'm changing the timing belt on my Audi A6. This is the first automatic I've ever worked on, and I was wondering - if you have to turn the engine over by hand, what position should the gear selector be in? It seems like it will turn in park, but I don't know if that's bad for the gearbox or not. On the other hand, to get it in neutral I have to turn the car on (first key position). I'd rather not do this, in fact I prefer to have the battery disconnected when I'm working on the car.


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  • #2
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    firefly08 wrote: »
    I'm changing the timing belt on my Audi A6. This is the first automatic I've ever worked on, and I was wondering - if you have to turn the engine over by hand, what position should the gear selector be in? It seems like it will turn in park, but I don't know if that's bad for the gearbox or not. On the other hand, to get it in neutral I have to turn the car on (first key position). I'd rather not do this, in fact I prefer to have the battery disconnected when I'm working on the car.


    The box has to be in neutral, just put it in neutral before you start work.


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