4 Watchouts to Prevent Future Headaches on Maintaining Your Older Audi R8

There are some things you just stumble upon when maintaining a decade old car. Take this advice when you're researching on buying an older R8 (Gen 1) or you want to get ahead of potential issues if you're a current Audi R8 owner.
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Release Cords
03:55 Oil Filter Housing
04:22 Rust
06:00 Rivet Nuts
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[@nornibres]

Excellent video of issues I haven't seen before. Too bad Porsche didn't put the manual hood release in a convenient location like Audi did.

[@rajpatel3513]

Thank you for the tips 👍

[@villaman4818]

Thank you 🙏

[@unvaccinatedguy5378]

You do not need to open frunk to jump start. Cigarette lighter port will jump just fine.

[@jimf5160]

FYI, WD40 is a solvent, not a lubricant... WD 40 does make lubricants...use those instead. Very good tips otherwise. My Porsche 997.2 also has a similar frunk release. When I store the car, I always leave the frunk ajar, in case my battery tender fails and my battery runs down.

[@ftwgarage]

Thanks for the WD 40 correction! Looks like I’ll need to get a specific wd40 lubricant

[@TheConorMLife]

I believe my gas cap pulley is broken. Went to pull it, pulled it, and nothing.

[@ftwgarage]

darn! Recommend you take care of that.

[@TheConorMLife]

@@ftwgarage will do!!

[@dannymerchant7353]

I Have a question when you get that message gearbox malfunction where's that sensor located it show on my audi one time never saw it again

[@ftwgarage]

Hey Danny, I recommend you pull the OBDII code to figure out what's throwing that code.