[V8] the wow's of spain

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... my guess is that you've got coolant in the TPS ...

Steve B
San Jose, CA (USA)


> just got back from my little drive down through europe and with little 
> more
> than 3500miles put on the clock i have to say was the worst driving 
> experence
> of  my life.
> all went well as far as lyon in france when a hose blew due to it rubbing 
> in
> the fan i repaired this temporalery to get us to our over night stop off 
> in
> spain but thats when all the fun started
> first was a missing on the engine then a banging from the backend power on
> bang power off bang ? think it might be a drive shaft problem .
> anyway got down to the villa in southern spain and went to sort out the 
> pipe
> which i thought would be easy with the number of audis on the roads in 
> spain
> orderd the pipe went back after a week still no pipe went back three  days
> latter and the pipe was in only it was for a 2.2 200 when i pointed this 
> out
> the spanish guy told me my car was a 200 hmmmmmmmmmm no sorry mate its a 
> v8  i
> siad with this he srugged his shoulders and walked away !!
> ok i thought ill reair it and get back to the uk for a  replacement