hello from belgium

He starts? and? don't move? or what? that's quite important, you should note such things FIRST - not just "all lights on"!

Like the trucker that called his boss
Trucker: "sorry boss, I've broken the left mirror on your truck"!
Boss: "no problem, please get a new one from the store and mount it"
Trucker: "well, I wish I could..."
Boss: "why?"
Trucker: "the truck lie above the mirror"

Do you check the relay? or do you just want to ask until the problem is solved by itself?

hello roy, like i said in my first post...i am going to buy a audi v8. i dont have it yet. i was going to look one time...the engine started but 3 tires were flat so i could not drive with it(because he stands stil 2years). and yes all the lights of the gearbox were on. normally i have the car end this week(next weekend). but i just wanted to ask some questions....not more. so no...i have not checked the relay because i have the car not at home, sorry.

Davide, don't worry about that. You didn't mention in any way that the engine doesn't start. You wrote about simultaneously flashing of all gear indicator lights, what's got nothing to do with the fuel pump. So I even was wondering about the advice to check any fuse in the fuel pump section. I think the misunderstanding is not on YOUR side, so YOU don't need to say sorry.

Tim, you should read his first post

There he wrotes:

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Not more nor less technical information about it! I thought when he not comment a thing about the transmission function, so it's okay. Should I know, that "he must have new tires" means they a totally flat? come on!

If I sit in a AudiV8 and all his gearbox lights are lighted, so I would first check the fuel-pump-relay, sorry that I made this expirience TWICE that someone put a fuse in there! Jeah, thats the reason why I should sorry... sorry for my expirience I share with you! Maybe it would be better I've wrote "oh [censored], this means the transmission is damaged or the TCU are down!"

dear roy, thanks for all the advice! if i have the car thats the first thing that i am going to check. i just have wrote the things that i have seen...not more. my fault for the mistake, sorry. i just wanna to ask some questions.

No problem, just difficult!
For remote diagnosis it's important that all details are present...

If I would buy a car, then it MUST be able to drive, or I must be shure why it doesn't. There you are, unknowing if the transmission work because you don't try to drive - this you should really get to know before you buy it, transmission problems can turn pretty expensive or a lot of work.

you are right!! if i go this week for the car i am going to ask first if i can drive with it so i know there is nothing with the gearbox or test it. like you said, it is indead difficulte to explain all when i dont have the car and just saw him 1 time. If i know more this week i will let it know here at the forum. have a nice weekend everybody!

Did you get the car?

If it's been sitting unused, it may well work ok once it's up to temperature. So I would run it, drive it until both the coolant is at full temperature, and you've had a chance to drive it in all gears, including by manual selection.