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There's a great big thing under there what is meant not to be serviced. They took the permanent pan off it, serviced it and replaced the pan with one that allows future servicing. They said there was a risk of it dying if not done at about 100,000 km.
@ stewmair - I thought LRA policy was that parts supplied must be genuine LR. On my D3 the ZF gearbox had 'Type A' plastic pan with inbuilt filter. The pan you had replaced (by the dealer) sounds like the metal one ('Type B', that Ford Australia had for their ZF-6HP26 gearbox as fitted to some Falcon and Territory models).
As I tow 2.5T caravan regularly, I had the oil in the gearbox "double-flushed" at approx. 80 000k; sure it is expensive but well worthwhile if you want the gearbox to last the distance. I suppose if you did normal driving with mostly highway driving then keeping the 'box "sealed for life" would be the easy option.
Although Shell do sell a suitable product, it would be advisable to use ZF's own 'LifeGuardFluid 6' as it was designed for the transmission. The same oil is recommended for the D4's ZF-6HP28. Bloody expensive stuff though.
HTH
Hey gordon007 - Land Rover say the transmission is "sealed for life" - and transmission oil is scheduled to be replaced at the 150,000km service. I would then argue that if it seized (ceased to exist?) at 110,000km... it should be replaced gratis, by LR. :twisted:
Ceased as in deceased, dead, no longer functions?
Well , 007 has not logged on since posting , so he's either been
taken out by a SPECTRE agent , or he's torched it for the insurance ...
I am sure MLR would go outside policy (after warranty period) if it was the right thing to do.