Audi A8 auto trans fluid question, again..

[Grant]

I second that.  And relatively, the OEM fluid is not all that costly.  
The same stuff is sold by VW and BMW who use the same ZF trannies.  I 
service my fluid every 40k or so.

Remember - you are nto flushing - just draining. Much of the fluid 
remains and mixes.  That's  GOOD thing to avoid detergent shock, but BAD 
if you mix.

Grant

  3/21/2012 9:01 AM, Vincent Gelinas wrote:
> Unless you're planning on doing one of Tozo's manual swaps in the not 
> <i>too</i> distant future, I would stick with the Audi fluid.  Even 
> factory-trained ZF tranny rebuilders say to only use that.  They're 
> incredibly finicky transmissions and expensive as hell to replace.  It 
> cost me almost $200 for Chris' crew at Force5 to to a trans service 
> (fluid, filter, flush), and my trans was like new.  Definitely worth 
> it vs. spending 20-30x that for a new trans and install.
>
> The Audi fluid is more expensive, but can be found on GAP 
> (www.germanautoparts.com) and IIRC either ECS or GAP has a full kit 
> including the filter.  It's just a pain in the butt to do.
>
> OTOH, if this is just a beater car and you have no intention of 
> keeping it very long, you can always use M1 or Amsoil.
>
> On 3/20/2012 19:44, Nicholas Miller wrote:
>> Haven't had any free time for a while to check on the audi, but I only
>> managed to change the problem so far.
>>
>> I'm working on doing the fluid again and was wondering which fluids 
>> people
>> were using again?
>>
>> I can not for the life of me find a local mobil 1 atf source, but I did
>> find a place carrying amsoil.  Would this possibly work?  As well, any
>> fluids in this document possibilities at all?
>>
>> http://www.taligentx.com/passat/maintenance/atfchange/
>>
>> Thanks much.  This car will run in the next month damnit or ill just 
>> blah.
>>
>> ~Nick
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