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Originally Posted by tintin
I completely agree with Psyche and Sarg, if your gearbox needs serviced, this is really worth investing a relatively small sum in having it done properly.
Or putting it another way, the gearbox (along with the engine, maybe..) is probably the single most expensive, complex, and problematic part of the car, and your '8 will only be only worth scrap value if it is f**ked up by messing with it.
A "new" box from Audi is c£6k, so it's a worthwhile investment of a few hundred pounds to get a specialist to keep it running right.
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Let's not forget I speak from experience here, my D2 gearbox failed just THREE days after it was 'serviced' by a VAG specialist - the emphasis being VAG specialist, not a GEARBOX specialist.
I had to scrap the car.
After it started playing up, me and my brother di d a second DIY flush of the gearbox oil as there was some suspicion that the garage had royally screwed it up, but it didn't help. DIYing the job is very hard to flush all the old oil through, and you will need at least DOUBLE the required amount of fluid to do so, so it doesn't really help you save any money either.