petermchugh79 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Lads in recently acquired a 1990 audi 80 1.8 injection, two owners 120 miles it's a tidy motor and a brake from my commute mobile yeti, question is what oil, semi synthetic or mineral? Purchase day pics better ones to follow Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk holbeck, Shep Shepherd, CreepingJesus and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Castrol 15w-40 should be enough, semi-synth if you can get it. That's what I had in a 1985 Audi 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Can't go wrong with 10W40 semi-synthetic. Get a decent filter and change every 6K miles for peace of mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I’d say start with 10/40 semi but go up to 15/40 or down to 5/40 in a vain attempt to shut the hyd lifters up if they get noisy Mr_Bo11ox and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 That looks mega, can't wait to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Oooo that's lovely Often wondered do you have to change the reg when it moves county? Or is it just a marker showing where it was first sold? Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 .....do you have to change the reg when it moves county?.... Apparently not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermchugh79 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Reg stays with the car for life regardless of what county the owner lives in Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
They_all_do_that_sir Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Fair enough - just wondered what the point of having the location marker was! Used to like seeing southern cars floating around north of the border as a kid - mostly Dublin plates but always looked out for ones from far flung corners of the country Sent from my SM-A510F using Tapatalk Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermchugh79 Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 My central locking isn't working fuses etc ok, locks keep popping up, I reckon it's the pump, new one coming from Latvia via eBay, 35 euro Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 You used to commute in a Yeti and you bought an Audi 80 to replace it? You are Skizzer's Irish cousin AICMF€. Skizzer, BorniteIdentity, Dave_Q and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermchugh79 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Nope think you picked that up wrong still commuting in the yeti Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 still commuting in the yeti Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk I are disappoint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermchugh79 Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 105 mile a day, a bit of a stretch for the audi I think Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 105 mile a day, a bit of a stretch for the audi I think Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk You'll learn. I'm doing 110 a day in a 1988 Mercedes 190. Best thing for them tbh. Anyway - the Yeti is one of a very smoll number of modernz that appeal. I think because they're no nonsense - and actually a useful tool. Lord Sterling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 You used to commute in a Yeti and you bought an Audi 80 to replace it? You are Skizzer's Irish cousin AICMF€. You'll learn. I'm doing 110 a day in a 1988 Mercedes 190. Best thing for them tbh. Anyway - the Yeti is one of a very smoll number of modernz that appeal. I think because they're no nonsense - and actually a useful tool.A fine choice of vehicles. Here’s my old Yeti, which was indeed supremely practical (this is it having just driven us to Denmark): And here’s my Audi 80, a 2.0E auto: BorniteIdentity, Dirk Diggler and Sudsprint 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BorniteIdentity Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Didn't have you down as a 'vanity plate' kind of man, Skiz - but that really looks great! Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Didn't have you down as a 'vanity plate' kind of man, Skiz - but that really looks great! I’m not, normally - I’ve no desire to have my own initials on a plate. It was meant as a sort of joke ‘anti-vanity’ plate, when Skoda was a slightly crap brand, to stick a finger up at all the ‘X5’ and ‘A4’ and ‘MBZ’ plates. Skoda’s not really a crap brand any more though so the joke is lost, if indeed it was ever funny. It only cost £250 or something direct from the DVLA and I figure I’ll easily get that back from the VRS fanboys if I sell it. BorniteIdentity and chodweaver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talbot Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 105 mile a day, a bit of a stretch for the audi I thinkIf it could do it when it was new, why would it not be able to now? Keeping an old car used is the best thing for them. Letting them sit on a driveway monday to friday and then expecting them to work for just a few miles at the weekend causes problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Didn't have you down as a 'vanity plate' kind of man, Skiz - but that really looks great! He could also have SK12 ZER..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forddeliveryboy Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 105 mile a day, a bit of a stretch for the audi I think Sent from my D5803 using TapatalkIf you change the oil and filters every 6000 miles and use a specialist for anything much beyond that, I'd wager an Audi 80 would run and run with less bother over the next twenty years than something you bought new out of a showroom today. Lacquer Peel and Vince70 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petermchugh79 Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Few more pics of the old girl have the centre caps to put on the alloys, water pump was pissing so iv left it with my local indy to do it, and the timing belt and all other belts as they were cracked, he's Gonna drop the oil and filters and do the rocker cover gasket to. All the bits pull oil only came in at 95 euro, all good brand's as well. Sent from my D5803 using Tapatalk Brodders, mercrocker, Split_Pin and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schaefft Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 My favorite gen 80, I think they messed up the front by integrating the grille into the hood with the next generation. Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiperCub Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 That's real nice. It's an Audi that I'd own from the days when they were solid, good looking, reliable cars bought by intelligent people. Unlike the awful looking stuff they put out now and the equally awful owners. (Was it Clarkson a few years back who said 'The cocks of the world have sold their BMW's and bought Audi's now') forddeliveryboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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