|
|
|
|
#1
6th August 2011, 07:10 PM
|
||||
|
||||
What oil and how?
Evening.
I have a 4 speed auto 4.2 - which is probably one of the safest boxes. But I'm struggling to find english answers to the questions: 1. Is there a dipstick to check the oil level in the box? 2. What oil does it take? 3. How much should it take? Found the audi pages guide, but it uses quarts - which I thought were something in deep space 9. 
|
|
#2
6th August 2011, 10:36 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
audipages suggests 6-7 quarts which equates to 5.5-6.5 litres of ATF
I bought 7 litres when my new box came but the box was already filled from the factory 
__________________
Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs
|
|
#3
7th August 2011, 04:16 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Quote:
I have just read about a depressed '8 owner who had the oil changed on his and then it packed up! Not 100% sure I will bother now. I reckon the oil in it, is original, but I haven't got any problems. Don't want to cause any either! Do it or don't do it. That is the question.
|
|
#4
7th August 2011, 06:14 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Well having said that the 4 speed boxes seem a lot more bulletproof
Mine is a 5 speed and I decided not to change the oil when I got the car at 112k miles and the old box failed at 118k so it's a gamble either way!
__________________
Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . . Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs
|
|
#5
7th August 2011, 10:12 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Reckon I'd leave a 4-speed alone. the 5-speeds are debateable.. I had mine serviced at 90 and 130k and although it had the hunt and thump, both were better after the change and it was still going strong at 150k when I sold it.
Some explode, some dont.. luck of the draw, but the 5-speeds are all essentially a matter of time unfortunately.
__________________
2010 Jag XF 3.0D Portfolio S I know.. I know.. 
|
|
#6
7th August 2011, 02:34 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Gearbox is made by ZF, oil by Esso so You can buy oil either from Audi dealer, ZF or Esso, Esso being cheapest, I do not recall numbers on top of my head but you can find them on net. The thing to consider is that as oil gets older it looses many of it's properties like washing/cleaning and there is more debris in the oil which settles out in corners and crevices. If the oil have not been changed for 100k and you change it later there is a good possibility that fresh oil will lift up old debris that settled out and block small wire mesh filters which will result in loosing couple of gears and slipping clutches because of low pressure. You could still disassemble box and clean it but if you keep driving with slipping clutches it will wear out them quite quickly.
I was thinking I will run my box to the ground and then do a manual conversion when it fails but having second thoughts now. I am thinking of oil change but I would also take it apart and clean it at the same time. Is anybody interested in buying 20l can of oil and split it in half with me(should be around £160 for 20l)? There is 9-9.5 liters of oil in gearbox but if you do not take it off it will only drain 6-7l as some oil is left in torque converter and cooler or if you do a flush then it will take 11-12l.
|
 |
|
|
Hybrid Mode
