Hi,
Well, ever since i visited the guys at Pitstart the other week, i've been motivated to service the 8 with them but mostly do the work myself. It's been only 6k miles since the 8 was last serviced but it was a year ago so worth doing.
I've got all the parts together for the service and all are OEM.
I will do this in 2 steps...some items at home (pollen filters, air filter, wiper blades) and the oil, oil filter, fuel filter, plugs with Pitstart.
Please see below the parts used together with the part numbers and cost (i paid with TPS) for reference should anyone else need them:
021 115 562 OIL FILTER (X1) £6.20
101 905 615A PLATINUM SPARK PLUGS (X8) £59.75
441 201 511C FUEL FILTER (X1) £8.74
077 129 620D AIR FILTER (X1) £9.08
4D 819 438A POLLEN FILTERS (X2 - they come as a pair) £19.31
4A0 955 425B PASSENGER SIDE CURVED WIPER BLADE £10.22
S4B0 955 425 DRIVER'S SIDE WIPER BLADE £12.32
Excluding the wipers, i paid £125.
Just a few pictures of the bits i did today: pollen filters, air filter and wipers
Wipers: OEM versions are the nuts...i massively prefer these over the Bosch ones I've had in the past. The drivers side also comes with a much bigger wind spoiler than the Bosch one so I'll be stocking with OEM versions from now on. For those that don't know, the passenger wiper blade is curved and ensures you wipe all the way to the edge of the window. Although £27 for the set, it's worth every penny in my view and they perform better than any aeroblade or Bosch versions i've had in the past
Pollen filters: The ones before were actually not OEM (they should have been from what i was told!
) - the difference is actually quite big as the OEM version has fewer but better quality ridges that are thicker than the non-OEM types. Don't scrimp on a few quid, get the real deal next time
Air filter:
5 minute job and worth doing regularly...just look at the filth on the old one
The plugs, oil & filters will be next weekend's job if all goes well!
Oli