2001 Audi S8 Gearbox Service

[HPsauce]

Originally Posted by tintin

I then ended up nursing it - very, very carefully - up the M6 and M74 to Mackies in Glasgow, who rebuilt it

Out of interest, did Mackies identify which component(s) had failed significantly?
Was it the case that failing seals, etc. had sort of been "held together" by old gunk so the initial fluid change hastened what was probably inevitable?

[briang9]

Originally Posted by diplomat2.6

I have had a look in the net and the ZF training video https://youtu.be/S8jcRd4gyWc seems to suggest that the pan off and filter change seems acceptable to ZF. As I understand it, the S8 has the ZFHP524, whereas my previous 530i had the '19.

If you speak to Air con specialists, they all use automated machines, but that is to save time. Could the same apply to flushing machines?

I did a tour of the Mackies factory a few years back and I seem to remember that the machine they used not only sucked the oil but also performed some diagnostics on the oil extracted which when viewed by the experts can tell them a lot about the condition of the box

[tintin]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

Out of interest, did Mackies identify which component(s) had failed significantly?
Was it the case that failing seals, etc. had sort of been "held together" by old gunk so the initial fluid change hastened what was probably inevitable?

I can't recall to be honest Andrew, I could see if I can dig out the detail from the time, but I don't think the rebuild paperwork said much about what was wrong, more about what the rebuild involved.