ChrisRange · Dec 1, 2014

As far as I know, the general service items were replaced when I bought my car last month. Is there a way I can tell if the below are needed?

Air Filter
Pollen Filter
Oil Filter
Fuel Filter

Cheers guys.

robhew86 · Dec 1, 2014

You can remove air filter and pollen and esp the air filter you will know by how clean it is (or not if the case may be) as to if it was replaced a month back.
Oil filter, no real way of telling, however the colour of the oil could be a good indicator.
As for fuel filter, they are under the hood on TD6, see if there's any dust/dirt on the surface of it, should be a.good indicator (unless somebody h as cleaned it up.

If in doubht, service it again IMO.

ozzyboy · Dec 1, 2014

don't forget the oil breather filter
often overlooked

Littelwill · Dec 1, 2014

When i buy any new car i always service it as a matter of course found out a lot of peoples "it was serviced recently" is often total crap lol

W

ChrisRange · Dec 1, 2014

ozzyboy said:
don't forget the oil breather filter
often overlooked

Hi Ozzy, where is this situation on the L322 M62 set up?

donp38 · Dec 1, 2014

I would plan to do full transmission fluids and filter changes also.

maybe for Summer 2015 if DIY..

Mark L · Dec 1, 2014

As above, full transmission oil change.
Transfer case, diffs, gearbox.

ChrisRange · Dec 2, 2014

I am planning a full transmission oil change. I was quoted 900 inc vat by main stealer, is this reasonable? they state they have to replace oil twice during this procedure?

Littelwill · Dec 2, 2014

That seems abit pricey mate!! And the changing the oil twice will be because you cant get all the old oil out in one go. When i did the p38 (slightly diffrent i know) i changed it ran it for a few hundred miles changed it again.

ChrisRange · Dec 2, 2014

From an Indy what price should it approx?

Littelwill · Dec 2, 2014

Id not like to say. when you can do it yourself for £150 anything above that seems pricey to me.

robhew86 · Dec 2, 2014

ChrisRange said:
I am planning a full transmission oil change. I was quoted 900 inc vat by main stealer, is this reasonable? they state they have to replace oil twice during this procedure?

I wouldn't bother doing it twice at the same time if that makes sence. I would just do an oil and filter change, run it a few weeks then just change the oil again. They should be able to tell the state of the box on the inside by oil colour and the magnet in the sump.
I bought a 20L of the correct Texaco oil for approx £85. You will only get out the sump 4/5L, OEM Filter £50 with pattern part gasket.

I would suspect around £250 from an indi per "service", if your doing it twice then double.

HTH

ChrisRange · Dec 2, 2014

Got a quote from an indy @ £540 Inc vat and courtesy car. They apparently have a flush machine and this includes replacing the oil. I suspect this is a decent price?

Littelwill · Dec 2, 2014

Thats not to bad if your getting a car for the day as well but would still be alot cheaper to do it yourself.

ChrisRange · Dec 2, 2014

Mark L said:
As above, full transmission oil change.
Transfer case, diffs, gearbox.

donp38 said:
I would plan to do full transmission fluids and filter changes also.

maybe for Summer 2015 if DIY..

Littelwill said:
Thats not to bad if your getting a car for the day as well but would still be alot cheaper to do it yourself.

You know something, I would probably have a stab at it if I had a ramp but I think a gearbox flush may be a tad much for someone who has only changed filters at the most.

Hard dilemma

Littelwill · Dec 2, 2014

Its simple to do just do a bit of research first. and it is just swapping a filter.. drop oil swap filter... replace with fresh oil... run for a few weeks... drop oil.... replace oil... spend the rest of the £900 you didnt give to the dealer on something you actually cant do yourself

ChrisRange · Dec 2, 2014

Littelwill said:
Its simple to do just do a bit of research first. and it is just swapping a filter.. drop oil swap filter... replace with fresh oil... run for a few weeks... drop oil.... replace oil... spend the rest of the £900 you didnt give to the dealer on something you actually cant do yourself

See I prefer picture reference, any guidance on this would be great and I assume bringing the car to off road height would enable me to do this job?

robhew86 · Dec 2, 2014

ChrisRange said:
See I prefer picture reference, any guidance on this would be great and I assume bringing the car to off road height would enable me to do this job?

The good Saint V8 did a write up for it.
Here's the linky;

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/zf-5hp24-gearbox-oil-drain-findings-good-news-bad-210794.html

you ideally want to get it higher than just off road height for better access. If you don't have ramps, can get some big blocks to drive her up onto.

ChrisRange · Dec 2, 2014

robhew86 said:
The good Saint V8 did a write up for it.
Here's the linky;

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f10/zf-5hp24-gearbox-oil-drain-findings-good-news-bad-210794.html

you ideally want to get it higher than just off road height for better access. If you don't have ramps, can get some big blocks to drive her up onto.

Excellent write up, no ramps though

Mark L · Dec 3, 2014

I'm personally a fan of this method for a FULL auto gearbox oil change.
It's certainly a similar route I'll be going down when we do mine in the next week or two.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsdPAadc9fY

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