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A8 Tune up

We’ve had the A8 for almost 4 years and added 40k miles, it’s been the most comfortable & reliable car we’ve ever had (and we have never taken it to the dealers or shops for anything except alignment & new tires). According to the ex-owner records, the spark plugs are over 60k miles old. With

Audi Cruise Control Stops Functioning

Most old Audis have the CC working intermittenly, our 98 A8 also has the problem, we haven’t had time to check into it since we don’t use it so often. We accumulated all the links to websites that we stumbled into for our references. Vacuum diagram Resoldering caps on controller Resoldering caps on controller2 Resoldering

A8 D2 32V Oil Cooler Replacement

When the car is over 100k miles, running hot or low oil for a while, the oil cooler plastic coolant pipe would break and leaks slowly under pressure (when the car turned of after reaching operating temperature). The leaks appear to be from the water pump but it’s not, it’s dripping from behind the alternator

A8 D2 Water Pump Replacement

The coolant leaks caused us to believe it was from the water pump, our bad, and we replaced it. ****The bumper should come out for the radiator to move out to have room to access the front of the engine. It took me less than 1 hour to remove the bumper and the radiator support.

A8 D2 Valve Cover Gasket Replacement

Well, my A8 was bleeding terribly since it has 162k miles. I decided to change some gaskets where I see possible leaks. Valve cover gasket and the camshaft rear cover seal. There are references on the internet and especially @ audipages.com where I used the information for this. This is for me to remember how