I have been hunting for a A8L for years, I always wanted black on black and never found one that worked out. I recently found the 01 silver and gray locally and was a deal. 142k miles,it has new tires, timing belt was replaced at 105k and has a bad wheel bearing. The front bumper caught a parking curb and was hanging funny. I'm in process of replacing the wheel bearing and have some maintenance and other questions.

1. Any spark plug recommendations?
2. Type of antifreeze?
3. I'm missing the owners manual, any place to download, same for a shop manual
4.How do you remove the seats, this car is a pig and needs a good cleaning
5.The interior trim, door sills next to the carpet seems to be painted? I was able to wash one off, is there a factory coating that I removed?

Thanks, Looking forward to this car.
John

 

hello welcome to the forum

 

Thanks. So far things have been going pretty well. I got the front bumper back together and lining up well. Got the rear wheel bearing out and a replacement ordered. Learned that the axle does not drop out with the suspension fully extended, I had to jack it up a little to get the correct angle, and then it came out easily. I've decided to replace the rear diff seal while I'm at it. Need to find a source.

I'm missing the lower engine shield, got a quote from a salvage yard $245 +shipping, seems steep. I'd like to see a picture of one if anyone has one.

Hopefully I'll be driving it next week.