Dr Tranny for Auto Shudder fix

**doddsy** · 15th July 2013, 09:43 PM

Update, since adding dr tranny all was well.. Then i took my 2.5 tonne van for a spin. The car developed a transmission fault( like rich's) no gear change down from 6th.

Reset a few times and got home with limited gears.

Drained the oil when home, replaced with fuchs 4400 .

Box is now smooth as butter, towed van upto the high country, no problems at all. No shudder, no fault.

It seems adding mr tranny can cause transmission error, i guess the oil was so knackered the mr tranny thinned it too much.

Thanks to "koos best" for the fuchs 4400 tip.

**jonesy63** · 16th July 2013, 09:45 AM

Doddsy - how many KM on your Disco and did you replace ATF before adding Dr Tranny?

**doddsy** · 16th July 2013, 09:56 AM

D3 has done 215000 km, i had the oil done along with the new sump at 150000km. So 60,000 km the shudder started. I assumed the oil should be ok, and added mr tranny. Which appeared to work( shudder gone ) but under heavy load the fault occurred.
Now changed the oil for fuchs 4400 (. $58 for 5 litres) same as bmw use with the same gearbox.
I wonder if my land rover garge actually did a full flush when it went in, because the old oil was thin as water, and pretty black.

**jonesy63** · 16th July 2013, 10:24 AM

Yeah - maybe they never did a double flush.

**~Rich~** · 16th July 2013, 10:33 AM

Definitely no point putting Dr Tranny in without new fluid.

**KOOS BEST** · 17th July 2013, 01:34 PM

Hi , good to hear the Fuchs 4400 worked, it certainly has worked for me for the last 40 000km plus, although I have also added 2 x tubes of the magic vienna.

I have just returned last weekend from a camping trip in the Kruger National park, towing my off road trailer, she still has NO shudder and box is smooth as new. That is after agents told me it wont work, and I have to use the Shell oil (OEM) only, The OEM oil still produced the dreaded shudder until I discarded this overly expensive oil and added the Fuchs 4400 from advise from guys in Germany.

Well all is well,

We toured the park in a D4 SDV6 (caravan) , D3 V8(trailer) anD mine a D3 TDV6(trailer), had daily encounters with lion, elephant, rhino, leopard, hyeana and many more African wildlife.
Sitting in camp overlooking the Olifants(ELEPHANT) river

**TerryO** · 17th July 2013, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by KOOS BEST

We toured the park in a D4 SDV6 (caravan) , D3 V8(trailer) anD mine a D3 TDV6(trailer), had daily encounters with lion, elephant, rhino, leopard, hyeana and many more African wildlife.
Sitting in camp overlooking the Olifants(ELEPHANT) river

Lions and Leopards! ....is that it! ....you want scary? ...when we go camping over here we have to watch out for wild Echidna's, rogue Bandicoot's and feral Koala's!

You bloody boers have it easy ...

**Plane Fixer** · 17th July 2013, 08:21 PM

The Kruger is a beautiful place and Oliphants Camp was my favourite.
A sundowner or two was had at the top of the cliff overlooking the river.
At least here the fauna does not have the capacity to eat you, or are in saltwater croc country.

**4evershiva** · 18th July 2013, 06:20 AM

hi guys, am a newbie here. When is the right time to drain and refill the transmmission fluid. Mechanic recommends around the 60,000km mark but also says that Land rover recommends only at the 100,000kms. Please advise. its a 2009 D3 Petrol.

**~Rich~** · 18th July 2013, 06:40 AM

Every 50,000 for me.
Change the pan to a steel one while you are at it too.

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