John W
16th October 2008, 09:35 PM
Hi experts.
I don't have any expertise in auto gear box problems and would be interested in opinions. As I mentioned in an earlier post My D2 TD5 auto was playing up and topping up the fluid seemed to fix the problem. I then put it in for a service (160,000 km) and was told there was a moderate amount of filings on the pan magnet but they thought it would probably be OK. They changed the filter and fluid etc.
Next went on a trip towing the van and after 500 km I checked the fluid level again. This time it drank about 700 ml, engine running in neutral. The stuff that came out when it started to over flow was a putrid brown colour that did not look like it was mixing real well with the new red Dextron III . Up to then the auto was behaving normally. Having topped up with the new fluid it is now slipping (over revving between gear shifts) and changes can be clunky. The overflow was a surprise as it was heaps worse looking than the earlier time I had topped up even though it had only done 500 km since a full service.
I gather there are clutches in the Auto box and presume this is on its way out. I spoke to an Auto transmission guy who thought the best thing was to replace it with a reconditioned one from ZF. He did not even want to look at it after listening to the story.
My question is it possible that the wrong oil was used (by mistake) at the Service by the apprentice? They are a very small town part time LR agent. If it was the wrong oil would it have operated OK up to the point where I topped up with the new?
Is there any point in trying to flush out the oil as described in other posts to see if it is salvageable? Or should I just bite the bullet and fork out another $3000 to swap for the reconditioned one?
Your thought appreciated.
I don't have any expertise in auto gear box problems and would be interested in opinions. As I mentioned in an earlier post My D2 TD5 auto was playing up and topping up the fluid seemed to fix the problem. I then put it in for a service (160,000 km) and was told there was a moderate amount of filings on the pan magnet but they thought it would probably be OK. They changed the filter and fluid etc.
Next went on a trip towing the van and after 500 km I checked the fluid level again. This time it drank about 700 ml, engine running in neutral. The stuff that came out when it started to over flow was a putrid brown colour that did not look like it was mixing real well with the new red Dextron III . Up to then the auto was behaving normally. Having topped up with the new fluid it is now slipping (over revving between gear shifts) and changes can be clunky. The overflow was a surprise as it was heaps worse looking than the earlier time I had topped up even though it had only done 500 km since a full service.
I gather there are clutches in the Auto box and presume this is on its way out. I spoke to an Auto transmission guy who thought the best thing was to replace it with a reconditioned one from ZF. He did not even want to look at it after listening to the story.
My question is it possible that the wrong oil was used (by mistake) at the Service by the apprentice? They are a very small town part time LR agent. If it was the wrong oil would it have operated OK up to the point where I topped up with the new?
Is there any point in trying to flush out the oil as described in other posts to see if it is salvageable? Or should I just bite the bullet and fork out another $3000 to swap for the reconditioned one?
Your thought appreciated.