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 …
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. …
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 …
My brother in-law’s A8 has an overheating problem after the “quick fix” of the oil cooler pipe leaks- He poured the radiator leaks sealer into the coolant in the attempt to seal the leaks-The thermostat stops opening, stuck close. We don’t know if the thermorstat ceased to open on its own or with the help …
All A8 owners complain about the oil cooler plastic pipe that breaks and leaks after 130k miles. It doesn’t matter if it’s 32V or 40V engine. The layout and mounting of both of the coolers are a little different, to me, the 40V (2000+ A8) is a little harder to do. If we plan to …
