i think an oil change will probably be the first thing i do when i get my ffrr.......

I got my local auto specialist to do mine , flush, new filter and new fluid £140 all together. If I recall correctly I have around 75,000 miles at the minute.

That's good. The filter alone from LR is about £90.

elpeede wrote:

I got my local auto specialist to do mine , flush, new filter and new fluid £140 all together. If I recall correctly I have around 75,000 miles at the minute.

Yes mate. It's different stuff/ not connected. It's supposed to be sealed for life I think but everyone on here seems to change theirs. Good advice given the life of the early gearbox. My Previous RR's!
2018 P400e Autobiography
2008 TDV8 Vogue
2006 TD6 Vogue
2007 TDV8 Vogue
2007 RRS (I know, it doesn't count!)
2005 4.4 Vogue on LPG
2005 TD6 Vogue
2003 4.4 Vogue
2001 4.6 HSE
2000 2.5 DHSE
1999 4.6 HSE
1997 4.6 HSE on LPG
1995 2.5 DSE
1989 3.9 EFI classic
1988 3.5 EFI classic

thought so , thanks ...i see you've had few rr's then.

The trans oil on a Petrol ZF box needs to be replaced every 60,000 miles according to the gearbox manufacturer.

The trans oil on a Diesel GM box needs to be replaced every 50,000 miles according to the gearbox manufacturer.

If you stick to this and if the box hasn't been overheated then they should easily last to 250K, however LR has branded them Sealed for Life. Which only means for the life of the LR warranty.

If it changes fine when you buy it and you get a fluid and filter change done asap then you shouldn’t experience future problems with it. Be warned that overheating the oil by 1 degree cuts its effectiveness by 50% forever. So if you ever get trans overheat it's imperative that you do a change immediately.


Dan 

Yep just had a recon box in mine cost £2600 including vodka and tonic

dan_uk_1984 wrote:

The trans oil on a Petrol ZF box needs to be replaced every 60,000 miles according to the gearbox manufacturer.

The trans oil on a Diesel GM box needs to be replaced every 50,000 miles according to the gearbox manufacturer.

If you stick to this and if the box hasn't been overheated then they should easily last to 250K, however LR has branded them Sealed for Life. Which only means for the life of the LR warranty.

If it changes fine when you buy it and you get a fluid and filter change done asap then you shouldn’t experience future problems with it. Be warned that overheating the oil by 1 degree cuts its effectiveness by 50% forever. So if you ever get trans overheat it's imperative that you do a change immediately.


Dan

Just had the gearbox oil in mine changed, be warned the Transmission fluid that the ZF box uses- Mobil ATF LT 71141, is expensive stuff,quoted £19.93 per litre inc VAT from LR dealer, found online for £102 for 12 litres delivered.

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Just had the gearbox oil in mine changed, be warned the Transmission fluid that the ZF box uses- Mobil ATF LT 71141, is expensive stuff,quoted £19.93 per litre inc VAT from LR dealer, found online for £102 for 12 litres delivered.

I paid just under £150 inc labour, oil & filter from TES Transmissions, these guys buy the correct fluid by the barrell and not from LR so it won't cost them anywhere near that much.

Don't mess around doing it yourself for that price... 

andyw wrote:

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Just had the gearbox oil in mine changed, be warned the Transmission fluid that the ZF box uses- Mobil ATF LT 71141, is expensive stuff,quoted £19.93 per litre inc VAT from LR dealer, found online for £102 for 12 litres delivered.

did you do t your self or did ou get a indie to do i am in surrey and my box could realy do with change

thanks