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2007 Audi S8
Maintenance Procedures
2007 Audi S8SECTION Maintenance Procedures
- 01 - Maintenance
- Engine overview
- Delivery inspection
- Oil change service
- Inspection service
- Contact corrosion
- Description of work
- All switches, all electrical components, all displays and other operating elements: Checking function
- Final drive (automatic transmission): Check oil level, add oil if necessary
- Wheel bolts: Tighten to correct torque setting
- Battery manager: Deactivate transport mode
- Battery: check electrolyte level
- Battery, disconnecting and connecting
- Battery level: read out
- Brake system: Visual inspection for leaks and damage
- Tires: Checking condition, wear pattern and tread depth and adjusting tire pressure.
- Brake pads: Thickness, checking
- Brake fluid level, dependent on lining wear: Check
- Brake fluid, changing
- Digital TV Tuner: Assign remote control key fob
- Vehicle level, adjusting
- DTC memory, interrogating with VAS 5051/ 5052
- Check vehicle key function
- Noise insulation, removing
- Front axle joints: Seal boots, checking play and attachment
- Power steering: Check for leaks and fluid level, top off Power steering fluid, if necessary
- Rear lid hinges: Lubricate
- Telephone/Telematics control module, initializing
- A/C system: Check function, set temperature to 72 F (22 C)
- Cooling system: Check freeze protection, add coolant, if necessary
- Ribbed belt, W12 (6.0 MPI) and 10-cylinder gasoline engines (5.2 FSI), checking
- Ribbed belt: Replacing
- Instrument cluster: Adapt language version
- Air cleaner: Clean air filter housing and replace filter
- Engine cover: Removing and installing
- Engine (from above and below) and engine compartment: Visual inspection for leaks and damage
- Engine oil: drain, replace oil filter
- Engine oil: Fill
- Engine: Oil level, checking
- Navigation: Eject button, unlocking
- Test drive: Perform
- Headlamp washer system: Check spray jet setting.
- Strut tower cover: removing
- Windshield washer system: Checking nozzle setting, adjusting nozzles if necessary
- Windshield wiper blades: Park position and checking for damage
- Wiper blade, replacing
- Sunroof: Check function, clean guide rails and spray on grease spray
- Windshield/headlamp wiper system: Filling with fluid
- Headlamps: Check setting, adjust if necessary
- Dust and pollen filter: Replacing
- Reset service display
- Telematics: Emergency battery, replacing
- Door arrester and lock cylinder: Lubricate
- Underbody protection: Visual inspection for damage
- Transport mode, deactivating
- Plenum chamber cover: removing
- Plenum chamber water drain, checking and cleaning
- Winter tires from factory
- Timing belt: Replacing
- Clock, setting
- Spark plugs: Replacing
- Headlights: Aiming using Hella Universal Beamsetter IV
- Type plate / Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
- Vehicle, lifting
- Suspension blocks, installing
- Tow starting/towing
- Vehicle checks within inspection and
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When to See a Mechanic
Stop DIY work and contact a certified mechanic immediately if any of the following apply:
- • You smell fuel, burning insulation, or see smoke.
- • Brakes feel soft, pull hard to one side, or make grinding noises.
- • The engine overheats, stalls repeatedly, or misfires under load.
- • You are missing required tools, torque specs, or safe lifting equipment.
- • You are not confident in the next step or safety outcome.