esseight

Tranny's going, going, almost gone. Losing reverse on my '01 S8. Happened so quickly too, one day everything seems fine, the next it just sits there and revs for a few seconds before slowly slipping into gear. The cold weather doesn't help, I'm sure. Guess I should have gotten in on that extended warranty group buy.

Is it Gabor that's the tranny guru? Any chance of coming to Boston?

Dang...

ck256

Just curious . .

esseight

83k, no tranny service that I'm aware of (2nd owner - I've put 10k on it myself).

tonypai

Interesting. Is this the first report of a failed F seal on a post facelift car?

tozoM8

The F clutch seal is the strongest one in the tranny, but it takes the most beating

esseight

While I don't mind being a pioneer, this is not the time. Pretty sure I've read of others, and here's one from just a couple of days ago.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/threads/27121.phtml#149578">Clicky</a></li></ul>

pkrasusky

...one of them fangled aftermarket warranties you mention.

Scary.

Good luck, sorry again. Not cool. At all.

Said it before say it again - mine goes and I'm fabbin' in a 6spd... with some help from the claim-doughrayme. Annnnnnnnnd a verybent knee to the IL trans gods 8-).

PaulW

There has been plenty of 00's with Clutch F seal failure

esseight

but anytime you want to try fabbin' a manny look me up, pk. Maybe I can pick out a loaner from your fleet while you do it - gee, I wonder which one I'd go for!