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Old 20th July 2011, 08:02 AM
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true, but if I owned an M5, I'd be scared to death of buying an A8 after reading about the gearbox failures
I've got one

VANOS failure was due to poor soldering most of the time. Redo the solder tracks, replace the transistors (IIRC) and check the solenoids. Job done £15 in parts and quiet as a mouse again now.

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