Highly Snotty and the Gearbox of Doom
Yes indeedy folks well the '8 decided to play me up on the way home from work last Friday and I lost drive intermittently in certain gears and it went into good ol' limp mode 
It felt like the "clutch" was slipping and the revs rose a lot as the gearbox tried its hardest to get some drive. . .
Switched it off and back on a gain a couple of times and limped a bit further each time, it seemed to drive ok for a minute or two then went into limp mode again each time.
Got it back to a local garage where it was safe for the weekend at about 8pm and it had thrown up MAF codes so we changed that today which eliminated the P1141 code but its showing P0730 and P0734 and 4th gear isnt selecting on the box either in tiptronic or auto (1, 2 and 3 are working ok)
at 122k miles and never had the gearbox oil changed (I didnt dare as it hadnt been done by the time i got it at 112k) its looking like its gonna be the gearbox out and recon or exchanged, and thats looking like the '8 then wont be at the annual meet in time - perfect timing huh? 
The gearbox has been silky smooth and never shown a sign of any problems until last Friday so you have all been warned!!!
Watch this space for updates. . .
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Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange
2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee
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