Hello all
I'm a long time audi nut, 1985 UR, 1998 S4, and 1990 V8 3.6, based in UK, on the south coast.
My V8 is fairly low mileage, and little used right now. I have some plans to play with it a little. Not much, but enough to make it interesting.
But right now, it has a few small issues.
Auto Box.
Probably needs flushing and refilling, but I'm sure it's not functioning correctly.
3 position switch. I often forget to put this in normal when I switch off. Sometimes, the solenoid function on the 3 position switch doesn't turn it back slug mode from sport mode when starting.
If I do start in normal, it feels like it holds a lower gear for too long. Selecting out of normal, and back again clears this immediately.
Sport mode seems fine.
Kickdown seems to take too long.
Seriously thinking about converting to manual, so any pointers to people that have done this would be useful.
It's taken to overheating recently. Compression tests don't show anything nasty. I'll look at the viscous coupling for the fan, but it does this at mid cruising speed, when surely the fan should be disengaged?
