Thread: Warning New Puma Owners

When our Citroen diesel was new I used to check the oil level when it was cold & always got a reading on the minimum mark & kept complaining to Citron . The guy I take it to now says with synthetic oil I need to check it hot . Since i have been checking it hot it is always on the full mark . Apparently Synthetic oil has a large expansion rate.

Puma gearbox is measure filled also,no level plug.

there are quite a few threads on here about it.

I wouldn't worry about it,there wouldn't be half a cup of difference between filling to the plug or to a measured amount,it's auto's that need to be filled by the book in regards to both capacity and fluid temperature. Pat

Forgot to add the oil level is the least of our worries,any of you have driveline backlash usually blamed on the P38 diff by the brains trust on here?,I'll give you all a tip,it's not the diff and it's a complete show stopper,complete utter show stopper,just ask me how I know. Pat

What's up Pat? Please tell!

Cheers,

Lou

Stripped the adapter shaft,seems that the 10/11 build are most affected,mine lasted 97k and going by the photo's was assembled dry,total loss of drive,Land Rover repaired it even though it's 3 months out of warranty,they will fix them at cost price if the vehicle has been book service out of goodwill,it felt just like excessive diff backlash before it failed.Osbourne Park had it going again next day. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

Stripped the adapter shaft,seems that the 10/11 build are most affected,mine lasted 97k and going by the photo's was assembled dry,total loss of drive,Land Rover repaired it even though it's 3 months out of warranty,they will fix them at cost price if the vehicle has been book service out of goodwill,it felt just like excessive diff backlash before it failed.Osbourne Park had it going again next day. Pat

Just fitted a new one the other day Pat, yes NO lube at all, from NEW. This was the second one for this 110, first went at 70,000km replaced under warranty. This one only did a further 60K, I was replacing the Transfer case and noticed the excessive play due to it falling down when the TC was removed!!! Was almost totally stripped, much like an unlubed axle flange....

JC

Ashcrofts need to work on a fix,it's no different to the timing belt on the Tdi,output shaft on the LT77 and R380,oil in the Td5 loom etc,just another fix.JC,I was told when I picked it up that LR have come up with a grease to pack them with when fitting and they are trying to find a way to fit a grease point,do you pack them when fitting?. Pat