Audi A8 full R n R, any problem areas to address?

[Nicholas Miller]

Well, much progress was made today, I managed to get the front end off the
car previously, removed all the lines, wires, etc to the engine, and got
the exhaust and driveshaft off the transmission.  I'm ready to pull the
wheels, suspension, and yank the motor.

Unfortunately, I found today that my rear differential is leaking from all
3 output seals, which sucks, but not quite as bad as seeing that my
passenger side catalytic converter is totally gone, most likely due to a
bad coil on the passenger side bank some time in its past life.  So, add
that to the list, as well as a lot of lightly charred wiring to my Oxygen
sensors, and a good bit of sound material that is shot as well.  Hmph.

If anyone is parting a pre-facelift A8 Q, I could probably use a few bits
right around that area, please get ahold of me.  I'm also looking for some
stuff to convert to Nav in my 99, if anyone's got that, or some good info
on how to do so, I'd appreciate it, thank you please :-)

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Pat <psdooley at verizon.net> wrote:

>  Junkyard.****
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> As an example, a full size ram pickup with v8 had 3 nice sections going
> from firewall to the cylinder heads.****
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> *From:* Nicholas Miller [mailto:chance9121 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 04, 2012 7:17 PM
> *To:* Pat; quattro at audifans.com
> *Subject:* RE: Audi A8 full R n R, any problem areas to address?****
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> Any ideas on sources? They don't use it as much on newer stuff. I recall
> 5ks usee it under the seat in rear?****
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> On Nov 4, 2012 6:06 PM, "Pat" <psdooley at verizon.net> wrote:****
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> I know nothing about A8's, but adding additional grounds is no-brainer. Do
> it. Try to use flexible wire. The VAG braided stuff is nice.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com]
> On
> Behalf Of Nicholas Miller
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 6:59 PM
> To: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Audi A8 full R n R, any problem areas to address?
>
> Hey listers, been a while.
>
> Finally decided to admit that I need to remove and replae the trans in my
> D2 A8, which likely has clutch basket failure. Durring this downtime I am
> going ahead and getting the front suspension control arm replaemeent done,
> putting in bilsteins, doing the timing belt replacement, and replacing the
> valve cover gaskets and crank seals both front and rear. I also plan on a
> remedy for the air con drains over the trans. Two new o2 sensors, oil and
> air filter change, spark plugs, and a few other maintenance items are up
> too.
>
> If there is any gotcha which you guys can think of, any seals, lines,
> sensors, etc. To fix related to engine and trans removal id like to know
> what you think. The front end is fully off the car at current and the
> engine fully ready to be pulled, just waiting for parts and next week to
> roll around.
>
> The only other weirdness I noticed is the a8 only has one engine ground to
> chassis I can find.. any thoughts on adding another? I was going to use
> the drivers head to the drivers frame rail tube where a bolt already exists
> in both places.
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Nick
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