Price of oil

[sylvester]

Hey all.
? the cost of transfer box oil, I paid $116 for two lit. from a LR dealer
ZF Auto transmission oil cost me $ 740 for 20 lit. is this a fair price or did I pay to much,:mad:

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

Hey all.
? the cost of transfer box oil, I paid $116 for two lit. from a LR dealer
ZF Auto transmission oil cost me $ 740 for 20 lit. is this a fair price or did I pay to much,:mad:
20 litres of tranny oil, that should last you a life time, I suppose you could always take it back and get your money back

[justinc]

Hey all.
? the cost of transfer box oil, I paid $116 for two lit. from a LR dealer
ZF Auto transmission oil cost me $ 740 for 20 lit. is this a fair price or did I pay to much,:mad:

Thats the right $$, unfortunately:(:( Just got 20l myself, it hurt:(

JC

[CaverD3]

Yes you were ripped off. Where did you buy it.

If you checked this post you could have got it even cheaper:


Should have read:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/105951-atf-group-buy.html#post1260838
or
DISCO3.CO.UK - View topic - ATF Group Buy? (http://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/topic51270.html)

"ZF have quoted me $542.52 for 20L so $27.13 per L. "
No option to edit the post.:confused:

If we get a few folks intersted we may be able to do even better and get the steel pan.

Still no one will say they want in so I guess I will go it alone.

[p38arover]

Crikey! That's expensive oil!

How often is it changed?

[CaverD3]

Cheaper than gearbox rebuild.:angel:

[p38arover]

More expensive than a whole P38A!

[Nomad9]

Sylvester,
Just done a whole post on this subject, might help, check out the grubby oil in D3 post. The price of the oil should be around what CaverD3 mentions I paid $540 for 20 litres, if I tried to buy less the price went up. Yes this will last me a lifetime, and I would also like to point out as others have the price of oil is cheap in comparison to a gearbox rebuild. If you look to change the oil check out the steel pan option, A&B Transmissions do a conversion kit, well worth while unless you like messing around with engine mountings. I would guess you would be looking at between 90k to 120k for an oil change depending on the type of driving you do.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

why would 20 litres last you a lifetime?

the system probably holds 15 litres,

at 120k service intervals I'd be replacing the lot,,

"normal" auto services are a LOT less kays than that

[Normthe1]

Jeez,

Every time I turn around there is something else on this forum that I need to worry about. My D3 hit 100k last night and I have no idea of its first 97k of life.

How badly do the dealers slug you for the gearbox service? I'm not very mechanical and don't like the idea of jacking up engines or whatever...

I'm back in a week or so, off to Shark Bay so please don't be offended if I don't get back to you earlier...


Norm

[CaverD3]

The Dealer will slu you at $80 a Litre. :mad:

I would get it done at A&B transmissions clomplete witha new sump.

[Neil P]

....... Every time I turn around there is something else on this forum that I need to worry about ...




It's like Little Britain ; go on , you love it really ..........:ohyes:

[rick130]

What's the transmission model # on these things ?

I have a few ZF approvals lists, although I can't recall how up to date they are.

[p38arover]

The Dealer will slu you at $80 a Litre. :mad:

I would get it done at A&B transmissions complete with a new sump.

"slu" ?? :confused:

[rick130]

Oh, and this is from ZF


5 and 6-speed as well as 4HP20 automatic transmissions:
ZF 5 and 6-speed as well as the ZF 4HP20 automatic transmissions are filled maintenance-free with specially developed partially
synthetic ATF oils. Maintenance-free fills are intended for normal operating conditions. Especially driving at very high operating
temperatures can result in accelerated aging or increased wear of ATF oils. In the event of operating conditions, such as:
- highway driving in top speed range,
- offensive, sporty driving style,
- frequent trailer operation,
being above average, oil purification (oil change) on automatic transmissions is recommended between 80,000 km and 120,000 km, or
8 years, depending on the load.
In each case, only released ATF oil may be used for oil changes. And oil changes must be performed in accordance with the relevant
specifications.
The ZF automatic transmissions 5HP18 and 5HP30 are exceptions and must be filled differently depending on the version.
The oils released in each case are specified in the ZF Lubricants List TE-ML 11.

[rick130]

"slu" ?? :confused:

Someone's dropped their 'G' ;)

[CaverD3]

"slu" ?? :confused:

g .......................:angel:

[Nomad9]

Hi Mr Swift,
"Figurativly" speaking, comes down to the definition of "lifetime" as I have recently found out!! Mine took about nine to ten litres max, I got the gearbox up to temp this morning and I drained some out, the gearbox was overfilled slightly as described by the filling procedure I read. If you can get all the oil out of the torque converter you're more than likely right I suspect the fill will be about 20 litres. One filling procedure I read mentioned draining the new oil out after 100 klms to get the best possible change, at this time I won't be doing this I took the D3 out this morning and any shudder I did have has gone now, that's good enough for me. I agree the 90k to 100k change period does seem a tad long but with the advancement of oil technology, we could be getting out there. I'm going to take a sample after another 40k and see what the analysis brings back, I'll go from there.
Sorry "lifetime" might not have been the right term to use. Ho hum!

[trobbo]

yep I think you were ripped off.

I had an independent land rover specialist work shop (ritters) do my transmission service. They charged me about $35 a litre.

[CaverD3]

Did they say which oil they used?

[trobbo]

Yep - it was the ZF OEM oil.

[CaverD3]

:BigThumb: No worries then. :D