Craig_Anderson Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) Just bought this for £400 with broken gearbox. Filled the gearbox from the trans cooler as the sump plug was rusted solid. Buy one of these for filling gearboxes they really work a treat. I used Dexron 2 atm fluid, Seems to run fine on 13 liters Edited August 3, 2017 by Craig_Anderson Making my post more awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Q Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 That's an unusual colour for an a8 Craig! What spec is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_Anderson Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Full leathers with sat nav, Electric everything, Can't seem to find heated seat buttons tho but it has everything else fitted to it. Sat nav system keeps crashing tho, Still has old 2000/2001 map hard disk in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Q Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 You got a nice spec :) can't really help with the sat nav I'm afraid. I wonder if it's due to the age of the disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_Anderson Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Cheers Steve :D Got the sat nav sorted, Turns out the battery was causing issues and crashing the sat nav system so I swapped it for a 075 battery just for the now untill I can get another 095 type battery for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan3222 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Hats off to you mate, a bargain fast car that you have sorted for pennies. Result.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_Anderson Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Just a few issues to sort still, Brake wear sensor is dominating everything and abs light is on all the time and ball joints need replacing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Q Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 27 minutes ago, Craig_Anderson said: Cheers Steve :D Got the sat nav sorted, Turns out the battery was causing issues and crashing the sat nav system so I swapped it for a 075 battery just for the now untill I can get another 095 type battery for it. Your most welcome :) thats great! It's nice when it's an easy fix! ;) but to be fair you'll find a lot of electrical gremlins can be traced back to weak or duff batteries! 8 minutes ago, Craig_Anderson said: Just a few issues to sort still, Brake wear sensor is dominating everything and abs light is on all the time and ball joints need replacing. The problem with older Audis is that they can be expensive to fix in terms of how often they go wrong. I speak from experience here. To be fair though the balljoints army a big surprise to me as the a8 is a big car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 Seems like you're working through the issues Craig...and nice to see an old warhorse like that being revived, all too easy nowadays to scrap an oldie that needs work doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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