Supernaut Posted January 18 Posted January 18 I have no idea what you do for a living, Schaefft (and you don't need to reveal it). But part of me wants to enquire about being an apprentice or just a receptionist so I could even have a fraction of your shite-bothering / gambling budget! It's just downright impressive. RoadworkUK, IronStar and Minimad5 2 1
Schaefft Posted January 18 Author Posted January 18 22 minutes ago, Supernaut said: I have no idea what you do for a living, Schaefft (and you don't need to reveal it). But part of me wants to enquire about being an apprentice or just a receptionist so I could even have a fraction of your shite-bothering / gambling budget! It's just downright impressive. It's more or less coming down to having a pretty specialized job, very few regular expenses aside from a small and very cheap mortgage and usually only buying cars at such low values that I could immediately make my money back if I had to (and save as much as possible by doing the labor on repairs myself). Many people's monthly car payment (which I don't have) are close to just buying another cheap car. The new mortgage will change that slightly and there's never a guarantee that I will keep my role until the end of time but with it all fairly easily reversible (and if I wanted to sometimes even profitable) it's worth the risk I think. It's the time that I'm lacking the most right now, a garage should make a big difference hopefully. I've posted about the Audi in the A8/S8 owners group. Naturally a disgruntled member of the group immediately voiced his displeasure of not getting the car when he reached out to the seller around the same time. Naturally he wanted it to quickly make a few quid by breaking it (without telling the seller). People breaking rare cars (or racing them on the oval) without even considering trying to fix them is half my motivation for doing what I'm doing! Scruffy Bodger, 500tops, EspenO and 24 others 27
SmokinWaffle Posted January 18 Posted January 18 Very impressive. I actually saw one of these recently funnily enough and thought "Wow, it'll be a long time before I see another one of those!" - but seemingly not! Looks much better in black!
Supernaut Posted January 18 Posted January 18 10 minutes ago, SmokinWaffle said: Very impressive. I actually saw one of these recently funnily enough and thought "Wow, it'll be a long time before I see another one of those!" - but seemingly not! Looks much better in black! I thought I hated the standard S8 wheels but those are fucking awful. Rocket88, Marshall2810, mk2_craig and 1 other 1 1 2
Schaefft Posted January 18 Author Posted January 18 53 minutes ago, SmokinWaffle said: Very impressive. I actually saw one of these recently funnily enough and thought "Wow, it'll be a long time before I see another one of those!" - but seemingly not! Looks much better in black! That's actually it's smaller sibling the S6, same engine though!
cort16 Posted January 18 Posted January 18 19 hours ago, Schaefft said: Just conventional discs, I haven't checked whether it was originally spec'd with them, with it being a pretty expensive option that's a little overkill for a car like this I cannot imagine that all too many S8 came with them. I'm surprised the rear calipers are just conventional A8 as well on the S8 apparently. Btw, if anybody has a clue what this device hanging around behind the battery is, let me know! I seem to remember reading the S8 ceramic brakes are 4 grand per disc! I imagine anyone who has one with ceramic brakes now will be converting to steel at the first sign of trouble.
EyesWeldedShut Posted January 18 Posted January 18 19 hours ago, Schaefft said: Btw, if anybody has a clue what this device hanging around behind the battery is, let me know! Big inline fuse holder - has it had a mahoosive (after market) amplifier someplace?
Asimo Posted January 18 Posted January 18 19 hours ago, Schaefft said: Btw, if anybody has a clue what this device hanging around behind the battery is, let me know. Fuseholder, perhaps for subwuffer or similar?
Schaefft Posted January 18 Author Posted January 18 21 minutes ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Big inline fuse holder - has it had a mahoosive (after market) amplifier someplace? 15 minutes ago, Asimo said: Fuseholder, perhaps for subwuffer or similar? It's the type of car you would expect a massive amplifier in the boot of so it wouldn't surprise me one bit! Probably long gone though as I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary in the back. Odd as the Bang and Olufsen system comes with two amplifiers with all the power you'd need already. As announced the Velsatis is currently doing the job of our transport of choice for a weekend around Harrogate. It's doing well so far, definitely needs a few suspension bits to be perfect but it's comfortable enough and pulls well once the gearbox decides to pick the appropriate gear. Fat_Pirate, yes oui si, Jerzy Woking and 6 others 9
yes oui si Posted January 19 Posted January 19 On 17/01/2025 at 14:49, Schaefft said: Sorry for letting you wait, it's been a busy day so far. But the wait is over! The car has been delivered today and it is as glorious and dodgy as they come: It's a 5.2l V10 powered Audi S8! Jason Statham would be proud. Naturally it barely managed to run well enough to make it off the trailer, this is going to be a fun* one! Rustybullethole 1
Schaefft Posted January 19 Author Posted January 19 VelSatis in the frozen wastelands of North Yorkshire. At Grantley Hall now. Despite this being Renault's top of the line luxury car offering for 8 years it's feeling a little out of place here, the clear coat peel doesn't help! 500tops, HMC, IronStar and 5 others 8
Low ontime Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Worked at an Audi dealer for a while, (2009 - 2013) saw only one of these and what a beast that was. i had the job of upselling a set of tyres to the owner who looked like John Holmes’s ! £1000 a set! Didn’t even flinch as last years quote was near £2000… excellent high liability purchase! Schaefft and djim 1 1
2flags Posted January 20 Posted January 20 I remember speaking to someone who used to own one of these with ceramic brakes. It went in for a service and brake overhaul at Audi. £11000!! Billy Big Bollocks rides again. Well done sir, braver man than I. Schaefft 1
Schaefft Posted January 20 Author Posted January 20 Ha yeah, Im not sure if there are many people who would fork out the money to get a new set of carbon ceramic discs, it just doesn't make all that much sense on a car like this. I've had a closer look at the brakes today, front discs will need doing soon but aside from the crud from standing so long its not looking all that bad. I'm hoping that my Chinese VCDS clone arrives soon so I can start diagnosing things. The car certainly struggles to start but once it idles the engine runs fairly smoothly, I'll probably run some injector cleaner through the system to help it a little further. I've also had a look at the position of the oil pressure switch, there is no audible sign that oil pressure is low at any point, nor does the oil viscosity feel too thin. Yet there's still an oil pressure warning popping up on the screen when you really rev the engine, making me hope that like on the Cadillac is just the switch. Maybe that was also the original reason it was parked up for. Naturally the front bumper needs to come off to access it.😂 The engine is sitting so far forward that you can barely fit your hand beween the block and fan pack. Since thats a bit too involved of a job for this time of the year and the move now coming up soon (finally got a closing date) this will be a job for after the house move. I can then take the intake off at the same time and clean the carbon deposits as well. The logbook already arrived as well! 4 previous owner which is lower than I expected. Considering the seller I got it from never drove it was really only 3 people who owned it before me, with the first usually the dealer or someone owning it for relatively short. Unfortunately aside from its MOT history I got very little history with it, what I do have shows that its mainly been a car living South of London though, so not too far from where I bought it. In other news, the garage back in Germany that currently has the Olds Aurora managed to clean 3 more injectors, which means the remaining one will need replacing. Apparently they've also found the location of the powersteering leak but I'll have to confirm whether the pipe is part of the steering rack (they very much made it sound like it) or if it can be replaced/fixed without replacing the rack. A replacement would be pretty labor intensive on that car, anything involving rusty subframe bolts is a recipe for disaster as well. Sounds like it will need trailering back to the UK after all. Scruffy Bodger, cbowditch, Rustybullethole and 6 others 9
2flags Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Well, if you get the Audi up and running, it will make one hell of a tow car! How do the German police take to someone towing an Aurora doing 140mph on the autobahn?!! 😂
dome Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Is this the same family of engines as my B6 S4 was? BBK is the code for that one with 8 cylinders. Timing chains are at the back on it. There are oil non return valves in the head on those which can go faulty, I replaced those with Lamborghini ones because they were cheaper than Audi parts. That is more related to noise on startup which to be fair doesn't sound like your issue.
dave j Posted January 21 Posted January 21 Just caught up with the last 20 pages or so, don't know how I missed this thread for so long! Great work! Have you owned a V12 yet? Schaefft 1
Schaefft Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 2 hours ago, 2flags said: Well, if you get the Audi up and running, it will make one hell of a tow car! How do the German police take to someone towing an Aurora doing 140mph on the autobahn?!! 😂 I don't know if there's a general speed limit for towing but I don't think I'd want to find the limits of what a trailer tire can withstand either😂 32 minutes ago, dome said: Is this the same family of engines as my B6 S4 was? BBK is the code for that one with 8 cylinders. Timing chains are at the back on it. There are oil non return valves in the head on those which can go faulty, I replaced those with Lamborghini ones because they were cheaper than Audi parts. That is more related to noise on startup which to be fair doesn't sound like your issue. The the V10 is based on the 4.2 FSI so I don't think so? I'm not aware of this engine actually having any fundamental issues, with timing chain guides or anything else, aside from carbon buildup simply because of its DI nature. That doesn't mean it can't make life hell with bad accessibility and general wear and tear though. And yeah, I bet it's something pretty silly causing the engine to worry about the oil pressure, even the somewhat tricky to access oil filter can cause the issue (there's an extrusion at the bottom of the cartridge filter that's apparently needed to prevent oil flowback into the sump, but is easily missed and crushed when installing the filter). If there was a real lack of pressure I'm sure the chain tensioner and valve train would let you know. 27 minutes ago, dave j said: Just caught up with the last 20 pages or so, don't know how I missed this thread for so long! Great work! Have you owned a V12 yet? No since I'm not a fan of most V12 cars typically found for relatively cheap, but I played with the idea of a W12 Phaeton since the V8 models are so rare in the UK. I think the S8 will delay that purchase significantly now. dome and dave j 2
Volksy Posted January 21 Posted January 21 This one was languishing in a pub carpark in Northwich this summer. Seems to be Taxed and MOT'd now. Schaefft, mercedade and mk2_craig 3
dome Posted January 21 Posted January 21 3 hours ago, Schaefft said: The the V10 is based on the 4.2 FSI so I don't think so? I'm not aware of this engine actually having any fundamental issues, with timing chain guides or anything else, aside from carbon buildup simply because of its DI nature. That doesn't mean it can't make life hell with bad accessibility and general wear and tear though. And yeah, I bet it's something pretty silly causing the engine to worry about the oil pressure, even the somewhat tricky to access oil filter can cause the issue (there's an extrusion at the bottom of the cartridge filter that's apparently needed to prevent oil flowback into the sump, but is easily missed and crushed when installing the filter). If there was a real lack of pressure I'm sure the chain tensioner and valve train would let you know. I think the RS4 engine of that era was based on the same block but FSI so similar architecture. It was only the S4s that got the plastic timing guides too, the RS4 and everything above got metal guides. Have you got an OBD reader that'll give you live oil pressure?
Schaefft Posted January 21 Author Posted January 21 28 minutes ago, dome said: I think the RS4 engine of that era was based on the same block but FSI so similar architecture. It was only the S4s that got the plastic timing guides too, the RS4 and everything above got metal guides. Have you got an OBD reader that'll give you live oil pressure? I will have proper diag software soon, I already had a version of VCDS and a decent cable for my D2 S8 but now ordered the Chinese clone recently advertised on here to hopefully have full accessibility. There's apparently two oil valves that have a mesh filter that can clog up as well, it's all a bit of a pain to reach so it'll probably come down to taking the bumper and intake off and doing all the fixes at once, in the hopes that all running related problems will be gone at the end. I'd be surprised if the intake was ever taken off that engine, kinda mandatory for any Audi FSI engine at this age. Fingers crossed all my issues lie there! Still looking good despite how long it's been sitting. It's somewhat surprising it's running and driving at all considering the shape it's in: You can certainly tell it's been sitting. I'm hoping to have enough time to get it a good clean this weekend. Should hopefully be a good motivation boost to sort out any mechanical issues it might have. dome, Jerzy Woking, Rustybullethole and 4 others 7
Boycie Posted January 22 Posted January 22 If your thinking of going back to original spec then these are on eBay ..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176782574551?_skw=audi+s8+ceramic+brake+discs&itmmeta=01JJ5YAPZS7CJ3H9M57VMWYX5T&hash=item29291003d7:g:g7sAAOSwxVNngE49&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnEC4n9YR%2F2AXACZ3%2FM9fUS%2F8wN51SloTNiUmWPuC%2FlEeOsfwGn3u2kxouE2H%2Fujogoaga%2FGX8PaecbhdfGfM9HbBW0J8kJdSLFHagvaZKqII24B5hyzq5XGbigZYY7kmBQFxJubiDMLJjN6N4DXeQEfeW2pG5izc0ZHDpqA6ylxbY93mNK5%2Fch9ckbetIq4A5QYctaenO9qzngOnfeadbvExB2L1Ca1vLRIIJKPK5cLURmiLt876DcrfMZwGtmg2qEnkAL1eAy60rmyhfexwfr|tkp%3ABk9SR4bwqr6RZQ Or you can do it one disc at a time https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285862480057?_skw=audi+s8+ceramic+brake+discs&itmmeta=01JJ5YAPZSQZ5EXJTZDP0185GY&hash=item428ebb48b9:g:P7AAAOSwjYtkpJy- &itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABAHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnr3tVXTkyD%2B0RAyjOU5LglkkKtWY0XTnG6gIqxaZ0ICspZ1Q4s1TE6vdrgcemAkHnwjmoraE3VL212XNAuhh20kbOLXN8JjW3Sh8FQc53Sppm9ApVBDl6A5INLATdVXLb7ChGbM%2FP56qaIbUWL%2BoxjrM6axasrZEPT%2BW3n9Geez40aGxTMX5m8zwRM6sbIHoipjT115ZEHHBbvHoDtqyHAGKXabAe1HOGp%2B%2FjxU45UgT%2FdVr4ZqQhdUG8gwUR6Wc8OQcqYpNSNyc0B2P9FJBzYLq3fUsyJeu9NZRqx8zVC0oDCOrqlAZ9eLCsrtLO4Png%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4bwqr6RZQ Seriously I reckon that will come up a treat with a bit of tlc
TrabbieRonnie Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Brilliant to see one of these on here, well bought! I'd love one, and have been tempted once or twice... Good luck with it, when sorted it'd be great to know how well it drives. I reckon the d3 chassis would cope well with more power, and that engine combined with the drivetrain and beautiful interior on these old cars must be hard to beat. Have just been out for a test run in my own A8 (the very pedestrian V8) following some pre MOT work, still love it after 40,000 miles. Schaefft 1
Boycie Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Looking at your current fleet I'm guessing if all were on the road you,d barely have average mpg above 20 , did you get invited to the BP Christmas do ? ... You should have lol
DSdriver Posted January 22 Posted January 22 On 18/01/2025 at 19:11, Schaefft said: It's the type of car you would expect a massive amplifier in the boot of so it wouldn't surprise me one bit! Probably long gone though as I couldn't see anything out of the ordinary in the back. Odd as the Bang and Olufsen system comes with two amplifiers with all the power you'd need already. As announced the Velsatis is currently doing the job of our transport of choice for a weekend around Harrogate. It's doing well so far, definitely needs a few suspension bits to be perfect but it's comfortable enough and pulls well once the gearbox decides to pick the appropriate gear. Tke the fuse out of it ans see iff anything stops working 😉
dan95x Posted January 22 Posted January 22 On 21/01/2025 at 12:44, Schaefft said: I don't know if there's a general speed limit for towing but I don't think I'd want to find the limits of what a trailer tire can withstand either😂 The the V10 is based on the 4.2 FSI so I don't think so? I'm not aware of this engine actually having any fundamental issues, with timing chain guides or anything else, aside from carbon buildup simply because of its DI nature. That doesn't mean it can't make life hell with bad accessibility and general wear and tear though. And yeah, I bet it's something pretty silly causing the engine to worry about the oil pressure, even the somewhat tricky to access oil filter can cause the issue (there's an extrusion at the bottom of the cartridge filter that's apparently needed to prevent oil flowback into the sump, but is easily missed and crushed when installing the filter). If there was a real lack of pressure I'm sure the chain tensioner and valve train would let you know. No since I'm not a fan of most V12 cars typically found for relatively cheap, but I played with the idea of a W12 Phaeton since the V8 models are so rare in the UK. I think the S8 will delay that purchase significantly now. Your mileage may vary and all that, but when my s6 threw an oil light, giving me no choice but to have it recovered from Cornwall to the west mids just in case something was wrong, even though it felt/sounded/acted fine, it was in actual fact, the sensor. Fingers crossed for you its the same- was dirt cheap and relatively easy to get at (once front is in service position, obviously!) at the front of the engine dome 1
robthedonkey Posted January 22 Posted January 22 VelSatis in the frozen wastelands of North Yorkshire. At Grantley Hall now. Despite this being Renault's top of the line luxury car offering for 8 years it's feeling a little out of place here, the clear coat peel doesn't help!Bet the valet parking guy loved that I turned up in march with a 3 day old Mazda cx60 and he jumped in and drove it off and hid it the bastard Although there was a front parking full of hyper cars I was really lucky booked a cheap midweek deal with meal and they had no water when we got there ... Rebooked us a few days later into a suite Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk yes oui si 1
Schaefft Posted January 23 Author Posted January 23 On 22/01/2025 at 02:49, Boycie said: If your thinking of going back to original spec then these are on eBay ..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176782574551?_skw=audi+s8+ceramic+brake+discs&itmmeta=01JJ5YAPZS7CJ3H9M57VMWYX5T&hash=item29291003d7:g:g7sAAOSwxVNngE49&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA4HoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnEC4n9YR%2F2AXACZ3%2FM9fUS%2F8wN51SloTNiUmWPuC%2FlEeOsfwGn3u2kxouE2H%2Fujogoaga%2FGX8PaecbhdfGfM9HbBW0J8kJdSLFHagvaZKqII24B5hyzq5XGbigZYY7kmBQFxJubiDMLJjN6N4DXeQEfeW2pG5izc0ZHDpqA6ylxbY93mNK5%2Fch9ckbetIq4A5QYctaenO9qzngOnfeadbvExB2L1Ca1vLRIIJKPK5cLURmiLt876DcrfMZwGtmg2qEnkAL1eAy60rmyhfexwfr|tkp%3ABk9SR4bwqr6RZQ Or you can do it one disc at a time https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285862480057?_skw=audi+s8+ceramic+brake+discs&itmmeta=01JJ5YAPZSQZ5EXJTZDP0185GY&hash=item428ebb48b9:g:P7AAAOSwjYtkpJy- &itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAABAHoV3kP08IDx%2BKZ9MfhVJKnr3tVXTkyD%2B0RAyjOU5LglkkKtWY0XTnG6gIqxaZ0ICspZ1Q4s1TE6vdrgcemAkHnwjmoraE3VL212XNAuhh20kbOLXN8JjW3Sh8FQc53Sppm9ApVBDl6A5INLATdVXLb7ChGbM%2FP56qaIbUWL%2BoxjrM6axasrZEPT%2BW3n9Geez40aGxTMX5m8zwRM6sbIHoipjT115ZEHHBbvHoDtqyHAGKXabAe1HOGp%2B%2FjxU45UgT%2FdVr4ZqQhdUG8gwUR6Wc8OQcqYpNSNyc0B2P9FJBzYLq3fUsyJeu9NZRqx8zVC0oDCOrqlAZ9eLCsrtLO4Png%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4bwqr6RZQ Seriously I reckon that will come up a treat with a bit of tlc Ha yeah, Im not sure how I feel about spending thousands on used brake discs! Its worth remembering that these were an optional extra on the S8, not something that was fundamentally what defined the car. Probably one of those "if people have too much money, why not offer this to them" kind of decisions in Audi's poduct team. 23 hours ago, Boycie said: Looking at your current fleet I'm guessing if all were on the road you,d barely have average mpg above 20 , did you get invited to the BP Christmas do ? ... You should have lol I think most cars I own manage to crack the 20mpg relatively easily in mixed driving, in many cases the V8s hardly need more fuel than most of the more mundane the sub-200bhp V6/Turbo-4 cars that were offered in the 90s (Mondeo, Vectra etc.). A 165bhp Volvo isn't any more economical than my 290bhp V8 Lincoln, just to name an example. There are exceptions (Maserati, 500SEL, this S8) but some of the less performance-oriented stuff can get decent mileage for the performance you get in return. 21 hours ago, dan95x said: Your mileage may vary and all that, but when my s6 threw an oil light, giving me no choice but to have it recovered from Cornwall to the west mids just in case something was wrong, even though it felt/sounded/acted fine, it was in actual fact, the sensor. Fingers crossed for you its the same- was dirt cheap and relatively easy to get at (once front is in service position, obviously!) at the front of the engine Yeah, crossing my fingers here. VCDS doesn't give me the option to get oil pressure readings (only temp and level), I'll have to see if I can get it read out by some secret onboard menu somewhere. Would be interesting to see what the car thinks its producing. 20 hours ago, robthedonkey said: Bet the valet parking guy loved that I turned up in march with a 3 day old Mazda cx60 and he jumped in and drove it off and hid it the bastard Although there was a front parking full of hyper cars I was really lucky booked a cheap midweek deal with meal and they had no water when we got there ... Rebooked us a few days later into a suite Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk No valet parking for me even, I had to park the car myself! (in the overflow carpark where it belongs). Anyway, finally some progress on the S8! Aliexpress finally delivered my diagnostics cable and highly questionable copy of VCDS yesterday. The latter immediately turned out to be infested by trojans and worms that lit my virus protection up like a Christmas tree (the installation tutorial explicitly told you to turn off your antivirus and firewall lol). So an older laptap was revived to become my VAG diagnostics tool of choice which will probably never connect to a network again. VCDS did however turn out to work perfectly fine and I was finally able to see whats wrong with the car. The error report usually looks horrific after replacing a flat battery so the first wipe would reveal the actual issues, which came down to: - Steering angle sensor faulty (a classic for all my purchases with ESP at this point, as seen on the E65 and R129) - Left and right engine mount (yes these have a solenoid that can trigger fault codes, who knew!) - Left and right high pressure fuel pump valve (oh oh, usually £££) - Left and right mass airflow meter (how unusual) - Left and right exhaust valve (unimportant) - Secondary air injection codes (unimportant) - Fuel tank ventilation valve (unimportant) - Valve for intake runners (not unexpected) - Bank1 Sensor 1 O2 sensor (this could be very easy or absolutely horrifying) A pretty long list then, right? Seems like everything is somehow managing to be faulty at the same time, which could be possible on a highly neglected car but still feels somewhat unlikely. Especially the high pressure fuel pumps would be a costly repair. Well, while researching the codes I came across a thread on one of the many Audi forums with someone experiencing suspiciously similar symptoms with an almost identical array of error codes. And he managed to fix all of them by simply replacing a single 15amp fuse. That couldn't possibly be the case on my car, right? Oh. For anyone experiencing the following Audi or VW codes all at the same time, maybe have a look at fuse #5 on the left side fuse box on the side of your dashboard: P0102, P2294, P1435, P1421, P1577, P3018, P0458, P010C, P129B, P1572, P3022 That fuse happens to be responsible for much of the powertrain management and without it the car may still somehow run but good luck trying to get far in it. I replaced the fuse and noticed that the car was immediately running much better. Where it would die after 2 seconds of idling or whenever you'd give it some throttle it now doesn't. The EPC light (might as well be a CEL) is gone as well: I read the codes again and am now left with the steering angle sensor (26 quid replacement available on Ebay, easy repair) to sort the ESP fault, the O2 sensor heater circuit and the intake runner flap control (stuck open). That single fuse basically saved me about a grand in parts right there. I haven't checked any other fuses yet but assuming these are real issues the O2 sensor could have the potential to be a right pain in the butt. Or it might not be! Sensor 1 bank 1 on most cars is usually right in front of the cat somewhere along the downpipe. That would be a bit of an issue here as sensors 3-6 are almost impossible to reach in the S8, in some cases you need to drop the engine. With the V10 and W12 Audis having 4 "banks" however (2/3 cylinders grouped together into four manifolds) the cat for bank 1 is actually underneath the car, which means S1B1 is either #7 or #8 in the image above. And those are no harder to replace than on any other car. Potential crisis averted? It also happens to be in the area I suspect a seizable exhaust leak, I'll find out when Im underneath the car whether they are related. The intake runner flap might indicate an issue with the intake manifold. I think at this age pretty much any V10 Audi will experience the same issue, there's no easy nor cheap fix (unless its really just stuck or split the manifold to rip the valves out) but with this being a somewhat expected expenditure I'm perfectly fine with this. The intake manifold will need to come off anyway so theres no extra work involved either. The oil pressure light however remains the highest priority here, theres no point in fixing anything if there are real issues with the engine. Fingers crossed it'll just be the sensor, as mentioned above there's currently no way for me to read the oil pressure to see whether the numbers make any sense at all. If Im lucky I'll find another blown fuse or dodgy connector somewhere but I'm not counting on it. I haven't driven the car to reveal any other issues either, at the very least it needs a service. If I can keep repair costs for anything drivetrain related at under 500 quid though I think we have a winner as anything mentioned so far (excluding the intake manifold) are very cheap repairs that just require a little bit of time. I guess we'll see when I replace that oil pressure sensor. Westbay, dome, Semi-C and 20 others 16 7
TrabbieRonnie Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Interesting findings Schaefft... watching with interest! My eml is on for the engine mounts and secondary air valves too (apparently), I read that the mounts are hydraulic and designed to cancel out engine vibrations at idle. The sas exhaust valves apparently clog up and fail shut too. Obviously none of this bothers the car or me, I turn off the light the day of the test and it usually stays away for a few days. Will be checking that fuse just in case though! Schaefft 1
Dave_Q Posted January 23 Posted January 23 From a quick search most places say the oil pressure sensor is a switch not a sensor so cannot give a reading. If one exists apparently it will be in instrument cluster not ECU. Schaefft 1
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