1998 A8 4.3 Losing coolant (long)
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1998 A8 4.3 Losing coolant (long)
Need a little help with this issue. I recently bought a 1998 A8 4.3 from a wholesaler in Jersey, I love the car but have three issues that keep me from dancing the big jig of happiness, and I was hoping someone out there can help.
1. The car seems to be consuming coolant, what I mean, is, I've owned the vehicle for less then a month, and had to top off the coolant 3 times since then. I have checked the oil for coolant, and the coolant for oil, with no signs of a leaking head, but strangely enough, there is no collant leaking on the ground. The car has 60K miles on it, is this normal?
2. My power mirrors are not working, and they sent me a new controller switch for the driverside door. I put that in, with no luck. When activating the mirrors, I don't even here the motors trying to move the mirrors, and when I put the vehicle in reverse, they do not tilt down.
3. Approaching 60 MPH I get a shimmy that feels like a wheel out of balance, but as soon as I pass 65, the car smoothes out like glass. There is no hesitation and or bucking at all.
Sorry for the long post, Hopefully someone has some Ideas, since the dealer is being little help.
Regards,
Paul
1. The car seems to be consuming coolant, what I mean, is, I've owned the vehicle for less then a month, and had to top off the coolant 3 times since then. I have checked the oil for coolant, and the coolant for oil, with no signs of a leaking head, but strangely enough, there is no collant leaking on the ground. The car has 60K miles on it, is this normal?
2. My power mirrors are not working, and they sent me a new controller switch for the driverside door. I put that in, with no luck. When activating the mirrors, I don't even here the motors trying to move the mirrors, and when I put the vehicle in reverse, they do not tilt down.
3. Approaching 60 MPH I get a shimmy that feels like a wheel out of balance, but as soon as I pass 65, the car smoothes out like glass. There is no hesitation and or bucking at all.
Sorry for the long post, Hopefully someone has some Ideas, since the dealer is being little help.
Regards,
Paul
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Partial help(short) ;)
1. Click <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/75868.phtml">here</a> or <a href="http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articles/enginemechanical/coolantexpansiontankreplacement.htm">here</a> for leaking Coolant repair, look for "pink" residue to find leak.
3. Rebalance the wheels first.
3. Rebalance the wheels first.
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Re: 1998 A8 4.3 Losing coolant (long)
TerminA8r Thanks for the help, I haven't removed the bottom cover, so that could be like Christmas in pinksville. Thanks for the help. Tozo, I usually keep it at 90, it's just a pain in the a$$ going past 60 to get there!
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The leak might come from the oil cooler <a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/19759.phtml">Link</a>
For an endless amount of info on this try this <a href="https://www.audiworld.com/search/">Link</a> and enter "coolant leak" in Search engine, D2 Forum
For an endless amount of info on this try this <a href="https://www.audiworld.com/search/">Link</a> and enter "coolant leak" in Search engine, D2 Forum
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Re: 3. - Could actually be tranny.
ScotD,
Thanks for the heads up, I think I will be taking the car in for a warrenty drop and have a few things taken care of. My side view mirrors are not working, even after a switch replacement, as well as this coolant thing, so, see what they pick up!
Thanks again for all the help!
Paul
Thanks for the heads up, I think I will be taking the car in for a warrenty drop and have a few things taken care of. My side view mirrors are not working, even after a switch replacement, as well as this coolant thing, so, see what they pick up!
Thanks again for all the help!
Paul
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