Donington Park track day Sunday 26th February

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by rstoughy

I'm out of this one guys

My A8 has developed an air suspension issue so need to get that sorted before play starts again Aberdeen Audi have just quoted me a 5 figure sum for repair

Fook me mate - as in +10k ???

Scrapper ?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by Yanto

Fook me mate - as in +10k ???

Scrapper ?

On the RS6 as the hydrolics went BANG everybody swapped to independent coilovers

[Bounce]

Originally Posted by rstoughy

I'm out of this one guys

My A8 has developed an air suspension issue so need to get that sorted before play starts again Aberdeen Audi have just quoted me a 5 figure sum for repair

Thats bad news Paul.Go and have a chat with an Audi indi,it'll probably be half the price of a main dealer.

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by Bounce

Thats bad news Paul.Go and have a chat with an Audi indi,it'll probably be half the price of a main dealer.

Agree.

What have they said is wrong, dealers tend to blanket diagnose, ie replace everything on the system. 4 x shocks, pump, ecu in one swoop. This way they guarantee to fix the problem, not very good for your pocket though

[rstoughy]

hahaha no Ian i'll keep it.

Not wanting to bog down the thread with non donny stuff so will keep it short and try to cover most things.

2x front shocks are leaking. £1100 each + £350 per side labour
Oil leak from one of the turbos. £1200 + £1600 labour
Have another leak between the engine and box and they "estimate" between £4-6K to fix that. Timing chain is on the back of the V8 between the engine and the box and its basically a case of lift the car off the whole drivetrain then split it apart. problem with that is that when they are in there id want them to replace anything that looked iffy and probably also the chains.

I have found a company in the states who do shocks for $690 each and the head guy in my local dealership will fit them for me outwith hrs so think thats the route im going to go.
Thinking i might fit new rears at the same time as they are all the same age and am looking to start towing the CSL to track this year with it.


Oil leaks i can live with, both combined give me a drip the size of a 5p overnight out the undertray. think a soak mat tie wrapped in there will sort that out

Shimmy,
The RS6 was in my mind when this occured, looked into conversion kits but none available for the A8 barge.

None of the indi's locally will look at it, can of worms seems to be the usual out come of any conversation.

Still looking at a couple of grand with the shocks only though so as i say play is off until it's back on the road. (hopefully by mid Feb)

[shimmy]

1. shimmy (booked)
2. Yanto (booked)
3. Steve Fitz
4. EVLXGE (booked)
5. Curly (booked)
6. Lawsy and MBtech crew (booked)

Plus I think 6 others from PGt and OPL

[AlexGTT]

I can make it! Shim, give me low down on discount and how to do it. I'm booking 3 other TD's through CD so get 15% anyway.

1. shimmy (booked)
2. Yanto (booked)
3. Steve Fitz
4. EVLXGE (booked)
5. Curly (booked)
6. Lawsy and MBtech crew (booked)
7. Alex

[AlexGTT]

Forget that, just remembered the PM you sent me Shim. Discount sorted.

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by AlexGTT

I can make it! Shim, give me low down on discount and how to do it. I'm booking 3 other TD's through CD so get 15% anyway.

1. shimmy (booked)
2. Yanto (booked)
3. Steve Fitz
4. EVLXGE (booked)
5. Curly (booked)
6. Lawsy and MBtech crew (booked)
7. Alex

what 3?

Spa x2 and Donny?

[AlexGTT]

Originally Posted by shimmy

what 3?

Spa x2 and Donny?

Yes mate.