Thread: D3/RRS Servicing Costs

Garry,
48K is the first major service of its life.
12K Minor, 24K Inter, 36K Minor, 48K Major, 60K Minor, 72K Inter (incl brake fluid flush as is 3yrs old) 84K Minor, 96K Major & so on.
Get your hands on a service schedule.
48K includes:-
Change Engine oil & Filter.
Pollen Filter.
Fuel Filter.
This is what the vehicle is due for.
Remember that a lot of the fluids in the vehicle are long lasting.

Gearbox schedule service is 240K Km's
Unfortunately this is not true for Australia, we find that the fluid is best changed around the 84K mark (while doing a minor service).
We charge just under $1000.00 for the gearbox service, which includes the new sump (steel) filter & oil.
The main reason you sort of have correct is that when servicing in future, the sump still needs to come off, but is far easier (read time saving, more money in your pocket) as you dont have to remove an engine mount, remove chassis brace/cross memeber & then jack the engine up!

HTH Cheers

Originally Posted by garrycol

My RRS is just coming up to 47,000km so went down to the local dealer to find out the cost of the 48,000km service and to book in.

Are you on a CM programme or paying for all this out of net income ?
If it's the former , then who cares about the cost , but if it's the
latter then just change the engine oil/filter at an Indy and forget the rest
of the scam ............

At those prices I think I might be packing a few service spares in the boot of mine if I bring it over Mind you, the UK service intervals are much longer than yours, different operating conditions though I guess.

Mine's just had a gearbox oil change, not a flush though. It's made a noticeable difference to the gear selection, so it's certainly something I'll be doing again in the future. I'm not so convinced on the 'flushing' idea though, especially considering the price of the oil, it must be made of unicorn spit to be that costly.

Sniegy, where in Melbourne do you work ? Might be useful for me to know....

thank the Almighty i got the corporate deal!

Originally Posted by sniegy

Get your hands on a service schedule.
48K includes:-
Change Engine oil & Filter.
Pollen Filter.
Fuel Filter.
This is what the vehicle is due for.


HTH Cheers

Where can I get this - from the Topix site (is not working at the moment)

As the service is only 2.5hours ($350 in labour) - just under $500 for oil, filters and coolant seems a bit excessive.

I might try for other quotes.

Thanks

Garry

Originally Posted by Mike_S

At those prices I think I might be packing a few service spares in the boot of mine if I bring it over

Don't fall into the currency conversion trap - at the moment $1 is buying about 60p with the high aussie dollar - the natural conversion is about $1 to 40p so that is more realistic conversion rate to work on for the long term. Great for us buying stuff in the UK. The AUD will come back down before too long and start moving back to its natural rate.

By the way the rate has not been so good for us since the the aussie was deregulated in the early 80s when I was in the UK - was able to pick up a 10yo V12 Etype for $7000 (still got it in bits) back then.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Where can I get this - from the Topix site (is not working at the moment)

'Tis now, I'm logged on.

Originally Posted by p38arover

'Tis now, I'm logged on.

Still not working for me with either Firefox or IE.