metal oil cooler pipe now available - sticky please
 

this is the oil cooler pipe replacement for the original plastic one.
I beleive several guys in the US have already installed these.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-Aud...afd15d&vxp=mtr

thanks to quattroworld for making me aware of it!

Stickied into upgrades thanks +++

Thanks!

Thanks Goran -- already ordered ! :)

I can confirm the same pipe is needed for both 4.2 and 3.7 engines AQG, AQF, ARU, AQH, AVP, AUW, AKC, BCS, AYS.

There is typo in eBay ad. Correct original plastic pipe part number is 077-117-411-A.

Full writeup: http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articl...reinstall.html

Thanks.

I'm just reading that guide, as I am sure the little pipe thing is leaking on my car.

sheeeeeettt!!!

has anyone on here carried out the job? it looks pretty involving! changing a cambelt or clutch on my GT4 is easy, because I have done it many times and removed anything that isn't essential. But on the S8?....

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I did this on my FL S8.

Patience, patience and more patience...

Please make sure you have the tools mentioned in the DIY.
Took me about 8-9 hours...

i'm going to start prepping, and when the celica engine is back together and the car running, it's time to pull the S8 to bits :)

Hello does anybody have a drawing of the tube or its measurements so I can make my own and maybe make a few more. It's easer than stripping the car to measure it. And I can check I've got the correct size O rings
Cheers Dave

I've got a loose one I can measure tomorrow :) I was going to make one but found a brass one on ebay from Poland so didn't bother.

Here's a pic of mine that I bought on Ebay
 

I don't know if this helps in any way, but I posted a photo of the part in a forum thread here:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/showthread.php?t=9324

Attaching photo to this post.

Or even here...
 

See now attached photo, fat fingers...

Cheers I was thinking about doing a brass one
Cheers Dave

Dave, hope this helps ...

Too many measurements to list so I've done you a drawing.

Attachment 13174

Should be pretty accurate but it's a difficult thing to measure with just a steel rule and a couple of small micrometers. Perhaps someone else could check/confirm the measurements.

I took the measurements from an aluminium one, same as the one in johnny_quattro's photo.

thank's mark. that's a great help it gets me in the ballpark.
cheers Dave

Just a quick follow-up post to a year-old thread - my A8L now has the aluminium part installed, which was done at the same time as the camshaft/timing belt. It's been a pleasant relief in so far as I don't have to keep checking the antifreeze level every couple of weeks. Over the 7 year period of my ownership of this particular A8L, I'd probably filled the expansion tank up with at least 2 containers worth of antifreeze (4 litres or 8 litres in total) due to the original plastic part developing a crack.

I'd left it this long as it was manageable and I also wanted to get the new aluminium part installed at the same time as all the other timing belt work being done.

I'm about to send for one of these. Anyone else interested?

Yes please 👍🏼

Hii Guys,
I can bring these aluminum pipes to the meeting. Is there interest? 18 pounds the piece (without seals).

If interested, I can also get the seals gladly. I'll just take a few sentences.

I'd be interested in getting the pipe and the seals if possible, so that I can have them handy should the need arise.

Ditto. After reading the Audipages guide I bloody well hope I DONT have to do this. But its a good insurance policy to have the stuff ready so please count me in for pipe and seals +++

I bought one a while ago, it's the sort of thing that you hope you never need but silly not to have one handy. Lot cheaper and smaller than the spare wheels I've lugged around for about 15 years and never used. :ROFL:

Pretty much my thinking as well... although I don't think my mechanic would be happy to see me after the last job he did for me :ROFL:

Precisely, but my spare has done about 30 miles... on a Golf GTI :o:o

Put me down for two please. Ill pay at the meet.

CtL+++

Put me down for one please with seals and I'll also pay/collect at the meet thanks +++

Two for me please +++

Hi, Are these still available.
I think I am in need of one quite urgently, including the seals please.
Thanks
David

Looks like you can get one here:

https://www.amazon.com/JGR-Aluminum-...07NQ98Y8W?th=1

edit: I got mine back in 2018, from a polish company. Handlowo Uslogowa on e-bay, but I can't find it now
e-mail address: biuro@autozescidaro.pl

Thanks for info

Steffen Nahnsen makes them at the moment. His latest listing has expired but if you ask he may relist them https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audi-A8-A...-/124234712611

Also he put a visitor post on my FB page a while back so you could message him on there instead +++