Thread: TDV6 trans or drivetrain shudder

"I just spent $60L on 8 litres of ZF Lifegaurd 6"
How did you find Lifeguard 6 that cheap ? Wasn't chinglese was it ?
I too had "the shudders" to the point of undriveable and was quoted $89 a litre at the dealers purchased through LandRover but luckily I had 20 litres myself already. ZF agent in Perth quoted $35 a litre as he buys in bulk.
The trans flush yesterday fixed my shudders and is now driving smooth as silk. Rather annoying as the car has spent its life in the north and my repeated requests at the Perth big time stealers for a trans flush was always given the LandRover mantra "sealed for life" from the young service advisers who admitted themself had never seen inside a transmission and having rebuilt tens of electronic transmissions myself and seen the build up from friction plate wear and metals, know this is BS.
The sealed for life is fine in England, for those who have never seen inside a transmission, and others with their head in the pindan. When your car spends its life in heat never seen in England, they really need to rethink their line, IMHO its only for environmental reasons in not dropping the oil in such an expensive transmission. Sealed for life is "until your warranty finishes old chum".
The oil was as black as old Nissan diesel engine oil. Car has only done 110k kms.
Another time I had the shudders at 85k kms they end up replacing the Transfer Case and rear electronic lock Differential (under extended warranty) but yours could be as simple as a wheel balance as already said, or any part of the rotating driveline and when it travels through the car as it does, a good mechanic or "technician" can be gold.
Poor dealership and service agent servicing can really put you off the brand and I have experienced it over east, north and west so far and LandRovers response has been "take it up with the dealer/agent".
I would recommend anybody who tows in the heat or wants to keep their car to take it to a ZF agent for proper transmission servicing if you are not sure how to flush it yourself although doing it yourself is easy but I had to go through the dealers as I had worst thoughts as a replace trans it was that bad and still in EXTENDED WARRANTY - worth every cent.
Maybe give it another flush after some running around if you are getting the (genuine ?) oil that cheap. Good luck amigo.

Thanks for the list garry. Are orders placed direct with ZF?

Originally Posted by Rich84

Car has 163K, never towed anything and mainly highway driving.

EDIT: IT towed its first thing last weekend - a trailer with a spit on it.

Mines 09 D4 done 130k so very similar situation.
Im getting my tow bar fitted tomorrow so in a couple of days will let you know if I get anything different when towing. Mine hasn't towed before either but I'd be lying if I wasnt a little nervous now. I dont do big long tows but towing is towing.

Past owner did allot of high way km's and I was interested to see it mentioned that lots of high way driving when its continually in 5 & 6 can cause significant wear.