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Old 7th March 2020, 04:52 PM
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Very nice looking car! Congrats!
And a manual conversion too
I’m jealous, black interior is the best. I have the beige interior and I dont like it. Need to swap black leather in.
Nope. Black and red all the way!
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Old 8th March 2020, 06:49 PM
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Nope. Black and red all the way!

Theres no use arguing about tastes
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Old 8th March 2020, 07:21 PM
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Very nice looking car! Congrats!
And a manual conversion too
I’m jealous, black interior is the best. I have the beige interior and I dont like it. Need to swap black leather in.
Thanks. I've never done a interior swap before and I'm guessing it a pain to do? I've had vehicles in the past where I wasn't a fan of the interior color and wanted to do a swap but never got around to doing so as I just ended up selling them.

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Looks great! Where in the US are you located?
I'm in the midwest.

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Nope. Black and red all the way!
I kinda like that color combo. I believe we had 2 unique colors here is the States which was only available for the 2003 model year, oxblood and caramel.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior.
Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan.

My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot.

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Old 8th March 2020, 07:46 PM
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Thanks. I've never done a interior swap before and I'm guessing it a pain to do?
I reckon its possible to complete in a weekend, and will be attempting so in a few weeks Everything from the glass down, including dash. I'm keeping the headlining since its alcantara, but everything else goes from dark grey to black.
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Old 23rd July 2021, 10:05 PM
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A small update on my S8. It's been a very long time since the last time I have driven this car and the reason for this is because during my research on these cars, I found out that it's possible that a valve spring could fail and I don't want to take that risk of having one break. I have no records of this happening to my car or any record that the have been replaced for precaution reasons. It's currently sitting inside the garage at the apartment that I'm living at.

My plan is to replace the valve springs and do a complete timing service job all at the same time. I've been slowly (and I mean VERY slowly) buying the parts that I need. I have many more parts to buy


New OEM cam chain tensioners (it's ridiculous how expensive these are!)





Upgrading to these valve springs (these are also expensive )
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior.
Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan.

My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot.

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Old 23rd July 2021, 10:15 PM
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I have a 39 valve V7 coffee table because of a broken inlet valve spring, but thankfully its a pretty rare failure. IIRC the RS6 and D3 use a revised version of the original D2 springs which the D2 supersedes to.
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Old 23rd July 2021, 10:37 PM
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IIRC the RS6 and D3 use a revised version of the original D2 springs which the D2 supersedes to.
That's good to know
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior.
Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan.

My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot.
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Old 28th May 2022, 08:12 PM
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New update on my car. I totally forgot to mention that not long after I bought the car in 2019, I bought all new Sachs shocks and new shock mounts, new front wheel bearings, and new front axles. While the car was getting all this work done, the shop found that both front springs were broken. I bought a pair of good used front springs. While the shop was waiting for the springs to come in, one of the axles pulled out from when they were driving my car in and out of the shop when the shop is closed for night.


I only took one picture but both springs were broken at the bottom coil.


The front axle that pulled out.






I replaced the stock air bag with a mk1 TT air bag and mk1 6 speed shift knob.


I looks like I need to make some adjustment as the ash tray cover doesn't close straight.


I also bought a new shift boot but I might end up replacing this with a shorter shift boot.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior.
Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan.

My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot.

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Old 29th May 2022, 08:21 PM
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Update continued. I'm now getting ready to replace the stock valve springs with the SuperTech Prefromance valve spring kit that I bought. Do I really need to replace the stock valve spring? Probably not but with all the researching that I've done with these cars I found out that it's possible that a valve spring could break. It's a risk I'm not willing to take, so with replacing them will ease my mind. This is the reason why I haven't really driven the car in a long time.



Since this car had a electric fan installed, I'm going to try and clean up all the wiring that has been routed in the engine bay. The main one is this relay that was mounted to the air box.


The area that I'm thinking about mounting the relay to is this frame for the air box but not sure which spot to mount it where it won't be in the way.





Which one of these 3 locations is the best place to mount the relay where it's not interfering with something?




I removed the washer tank and found out that there was a rubber grommet inside .




I removed the left side spark plugs and all 4 of them look like this. What is causing the oil on the plugs? How concerned should I be?




What is this wire for (at the red arrow)?





This is what the left cylinder head looks like. Any tips on removing the cam shafts so I can replace the valve springs?


It looks like the cam chain tensioner had new pads installed before I bought this car.


Right cylinder head.


Right cam chain tensioner.



This is the underside of the left cam cover and the grey color that you see is the high temp sealant that I used when I replaced the cam cover gaskets.
This probably isn't going to be fun cleaning off this sealant.
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2001 S8 (build date March 16th 2001) Brilliant black with oxblood red/black interior.
Mods prior to my ownership: 01E 6 speed, carbon fiber trim, bi-xenon, aftermarket muffler with x-pipe, tinted windows, non-tip steering wheel, Spal electric fan.

My mods: Oxblood red interior, LED interior lights, D3 ignition coils, new window tint, tip steering wheel with new S8 emblem, mk1 TT steering wheel air bag, mk1 TT 6 speed shift knob, new shift boot.

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Old 29th May 2022, 08:51 PM
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Which one of these 3 locations is the best place to mount the relay where it's not interfering with something?
Anywhere in that area should be fine since there's nothing else there. I'd stick it next to the chassis leg since its closer to the warm engine.

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I removed the left side spark plugs and all 4 of them look like this. What is causing the oil on the plugs? How concerned should I be?
Oil on the plugs on a V8 is quite rare as it can't get in via the cam cover gasket like on the V6. The only route really is if the spark plug tube isn't seated in the head properly. Clean it and see if it comes back

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What is this wire for (at the red arrow)?
Oil level sensor in the sump

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This is what the left cylinder head looks like. Any tips on removing the cam shafts so I can replace the valve springs?
RTFM There's an order to remove the cam caps so the cams don't bend. It'll be in the Tech Dump somewhere. Clean all the schmutz out of the bolt heads before starting, and using the T30 torx bit as a drift, hit each bolt sharply with a hammer to break the stiction. They take a surprising amount of force to break loose, then just spin out. Buy the best quality T30 Torx bit you can find.

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This probably isn't going to be fun cleaning off this sealant.

WD40 or naptha-based brake cleaner usually makes short work of silicone sealants.
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