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Audi Doody 12th August 2019 04:15 PM

Audi A8 2.8 running issue
 
Hi all,

Have had my A8 since May, and in that time have covered 2340 trouble free miles.
That ended today however: the car started well enough and I drove it a couple of miles. I went to pull away from some traffic lights, and the engine stalled. So I put it in neutral, restarted it and it crept, but was unresponsive to throttle inputs. I pulled up to the side of the road and turned the engine off and restarted it. The EML, ABS and EPC lights were on. Also idel was erratic, jumping between 800 and 1200 rpm. The throttle would let the engine gently rev to 2k, but not past - this was only in neutral, in gear it was idle only.
Anyway, I managed to limp home at 10 mph using creep, I had to stop a few times, and when putting in D, it would do so with a bang.
Pulled in my drive, turned it off, turned it on again, and all the dash lights were out, and idled and revved fine! Took for a very quick test drive and it was faultless - moved in to D smoothly.

I know it needs diagnosing; but is anyone familiar with this? Very annoyed as I was planning on going to Europe this week; am happy that it decided to happen now though..

johnny_quattro 12th August 2019 06:34 PM

I would check for possible water ingress into the electronics box area (as I call it) under the bonnet. It's up on the right-hand passenger's side next to the firewall and has an easily-removable cover. This may be different on a 2.8 to the 4.2 though that I have. On my car, the ABS box was I think the lowest one, and then my gearbox TCU sits above it. Bearing in mind the recent rainy weather, I suspect that this area might be full of water. It's certainly worth checking.

Audi Doody 12th August 2019 07:24 PM

Hi, yes good shout. I did suspect the rain might have had something to do with it.
I did just look under the cover and it looks dry. I'd like to replace these seal though, just to ensure it stays watertight.
I'll have to get it plugged in.

moltuae 12th August 2019 07:49 PM

I'd also check your battery and alternator condition and check that the battery terminals are making good contact.

Audi Doody 12th August 2019 08:08 PM

Will do. Where is the battery located on these, is it under the rear seat?

moltuae 12th August 2019 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Audi Doody (Post 152208)
Will do. Where is the battery located on these, is it under the rear seat?

In the boot, right hand side recess. Should be a cover that just lifts off to reveal the battery. It's quite a tight fit so it's a bit of a faff to get the battery in and out.

Found a photo of the compartment: https://i.imgur.com/ghwxtx5.jpg

Audi Doody 12th August 2019 09:22 PM

Lovely, thanks!!

Audi Doody 19th August 2019 04:29 PM

So drove the car back from London to Bmth last week, everything was fine until the last 5 miles when travelling at 70mph the fault happened again. I put it in neutral turned the car off and on and it was fine - has been ever since.
Took it for diagnostics to a friend who's a VAG specialist, and several faults were logged; all to do with the throttle body, oh and a lambda sensor looked borked.
It's going back tomorrow as they noticed some corrosion on the electrical connections (but the engine bay was too hot to look in to further). So hopefully something conclusive comes back; fingers crossed it's not the throttle body as they're big bucks aren't they :-(

Oh and the cruise control switch was flagged as broken- makes sense as cruise control doesn't work - do I just need a new stalk?

steamship 19th August 2019 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Audi Doody (Post 152286)
fingers crossed it's not the throttle body as they're big bucks aren't they :-(

Oh and the cruise control switch was flagged as broken- makes sense as cruise control doesn't work - do I just need a new stalk?

Check out the site sponsors on eBay (a8parts). They have several starting from £28 if you want to go secondhand. If you want to purchase new, give them a call on 01642 783537, as they can order them in.

They might even have the cruise control stalk.

HPsauce 19th August 2019 05:14 PM

Cruise control has two fundamentally different versions, which depends on the age of your car. As I think is flagged prominently on the forum, it helps if you supply more details of your car as answers do depend on precise vintage, trims, etc.


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