Thread: Transmission and Transfer Oil Changes

Why on earth would anyone do an oil change without changing the filter also? Filters are a disposable item( except for some gauze or mesh strainers) designed to filter wear inducing rubbish from the oil . Not changing them just means more wear as the old is does not do its job. 1000's for a rebuild because of early wear vs <100 for a filter and oil ? No contest!

Originally Posted by schuy1

Why on earth would anyone do an oil change without changing the filter also? Filters are a disposable item( except for some gauze or mesh strainers) designed to filter wear inducing rubbish from the oil . Not changing them just means more wear as the old is does not do its job. 1000's for a rebuild because of early wear vs <100 for a filter and oil ? No contest!

Agree. You cant cut corners with maintenance unless you have deep pockets. The question always is, not how much your saving but are you spending enough on servicing to prevent issues! Car's, Boats. Houses same principal applys!

Isnt the tranny filter just a wire gauze?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Isnt the tranny filter just a wire gauze?

"tranny filter" sounds like something you need on the internet!

Originally Posted by Robgw

my 2001 D2 V8 is due a major Service Tomorrow.

Its done 84k and back at 40k the Transmission/Transfer and diff oils were changed this was in 2006.

At some stage, Land Rover, in their infinite wisdom, removed the transmission cooler on the latter year DII model years. Not sure when the cut off date was, but you should check out your vehicle to see if it has the cooler or not.

If not, then you might want to consider changing the fluid more often, especially if you tow.

sorry, all lr's have trans coolers for the auto boxes, but yes a few later d2a manuals lost their trans coolers.

jc