Thread: D3/RRS Servicing Costs

Ivery819,

Slightly off topic, but do you know the part no. for the Landrover approved Castrol oil?

I thought there was only one type (the $750 per fill type) and anything else was asking for trouble???

Originally Posted by ivery819

G'Day Garry
Just a few observations:
# If you log into topix with your VIN you will get a list of what upgrades/mods your particular vehicle still requires. Obviously this is dependent on the dealer service records.
Familiar with TOPix and mine is all up to date.

#The local Canberra dealer has changed my gearbox oil which transformed the performance of the gearbox ! They used (Landrover approved ) Castrol oil at about $100 for the fill rather than the 'book' oil which was $750 and hard to get.
The Canberra dealer has no idea about the gearboxes - they have never heard of mega flushes nor replacing the plastic sump with a metal one. If you just change the oil as they do half the old oil stays in the gearbox/torque converter - also they quoted me $1500 to change the gearbox oil - thankfully I do not need it yet but when it is due the car will not be going to this dealer.

#There is only ONE oil available for the transfer case and it's about $165 for 1.5 litres. It is essential to change this regularly if you are operating off road, especially in muddy water because the output shaft seals allow debris to enter the housing.
Thanks for that good information.

# For 60k Km. I've had the vehicle serviced in Canberra according to the 'Off road use" schedule. I have never paid more than $700-00 for any standard service (and yes, I have checked that the work has been done )
Well they have quoted me over $800 for a 48,000km service and that does not include the required brake fluid change - I have costed labour and parts and they are charging about $300 more than the components. I do not mind paying to get services done but when there is unreasonable profit taking - no thanks.

Thanks for that information - my comments are in red.

Clearly you have a different experience to mine. I was in Newcastle last week and asked similar questions of the dealer there. They are $150 cheaper on the service and charge $80 to put the car on the computer where the Canberra one wants $150.

Unless in an emergency - the local dealer will not be seeing my car.

Cheers

Garry

Originally Posted by dangermousehouse

I took mine to a main dealer for a basic service, pretty much as I wanted to keep the fully stamped book up to date.

I was quoted $450 ish (which wasn't much more than the Indy garage) plus it included free use of the courtesy car. So in she went.....

When I picked it up the bill was $750!! This included a wheel alignment and a fault diagnosis. Bloody hell!

Now, I know dealerships need to make money, but charging $120 for reading a fault is taking the p*** in my opinion.

Very "free use" of the courtesy car
Try British Off Road. The diagnostic IS the service WTF !
As for alignment , Small Claims Court ...............

Originally Posted by ivery819

#The local Canberra dealer has changed my gearbox oil which transformed the performance of the gearbox ! They used (Landrover approved ) Castrol oil at about $100 for the fill rather than the 'book' oil which was $750 and hard to get.

Which oil is that ? This is news to ZF box owners ................

The story went like this:
We ended up with the gearbox oil empty (don't ask ! ). When trying to find the refill oil we were made aware of the cost and even better still that none was available in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. The dealer service manager made the observation that this is the same box used in various other ( none Land rover) vehicles and that there is a Castrol oil used. At my instance he rang Land Rover and confirmed, in my presence,(speaker phones are marvellous) that use of this oil (invoiced to me as Castrol Transmax R ) would not void the factory warranty. I would suggest that you make your own inquiries before taking this path !
As far as the transfer case oil is concerned it is a Shell product that only Land Rover imports. It comes in one litre containers, boxed as Land Rover parts. Shell Australia denied any knowledge of it and I couldn't find any other local oil manufacturer that was prepared to offer a substitute.

The ZF gearbox oil is also made by shell, but you will find the same answer.

We have ZF gearbox in our trawler and I spoke to the ZF dealer and in conversation mentioned the ZF oil for L/R gearbox, This he told me is a Shell oil re-packaged into ZF containers, I am hoping to bribe him with some prawns next time in town to find out the shell part #.

I must say that I am not surprised there is another brand of oil, and if the gearbox is the same as the Ford Territory/Falcon does anyone know what oil they use.

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by ivery819

G'Day Garry
Just a few observations:
# If you log into topix with your VIN you will get a list of what upgrades/mods your particular vehicle still requires. Obviously this is dependent on the dealer service records.
#The local Canberra dealer has changed my gearbox oil which transformed the performance of the gearbox ! They used (Landrover approved ) Castrol oil at about $100 for the fill rather than the 'book' oil which was $750 and hard to get.
#There is only ONE oil available for the transfer case and it's about $165 for 1.5 litres. It is essential to change this regularly if you are operating off road, especially in muddy water because the output shaft seals allow debris to enter the housing.
# For 60k Km. I've had the vehicle serviced in Canberra according to the 'Off road use" schedule. I have never paid more than $700-00 for any standard service (and yes, I have checked that the work has been done )

Bloody Landrover, cant get over that they have the audacity to charge over $100 a ltr for transfer case oil, that only they can supply..thats got to be criminal, whats in it ****ing Gold.

The D3 aint that good where they can charge that sort of robbery.

Cheers Ean

At the risk of opening a can of worms, a few minutes of internet research reveals that the spec of oil ZF recommends for the ZF 6HP28 is TE ML 11. Castrol data sheet for Castrol Transmax M claims it meets standard ZF TE ML 11.

http://www.zf.com/na/content/media/u...28_Catalog.pdf

http://www.tds.castrol.com.au/pdf/9591_Transmax%20M.pdf

Am I missing something?

OBT