Cheapest Place to Buy Lifeguard 6 by the Litre

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Originally Posted by LR3 Disco Owner

Yes I have read many of your posts on the analysis of the fluids and the options for changing the fluid, they have been very useful. What mileage are you up to now with the BMV and have you had any issues with it?

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Im up to around 33,000km since I started using BMV. No issues so far.

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Originally Posted by PerthDisco

Any ATF drop/change is only changing 50/60% so it’s only that Filo is easy and quick to do it on a repeating basis to keep the fluid ‘fresh’ rather than new. Less of a problem if not changing from ZF6. Filo plus pan drain maybe is even better. I like the idea of pushing in exactly what you take out as a simple way of changing.

Seems there is little evidence the filter needs changing after the first change to steel pan avoiding that messy part of the process.

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I was referring to doing several of these drains and refills in a row. My initially I dropped the pan to put in a new filter, then refilled, ran engine to pump out trans oil, refilled - repeat until I'd nearly gone through all my 20L drum. After all that there was still a decent concentration of LG6 so your not pumping out as much from the system as you'd hope. I'm basically doing a quick change at every service now.

If only Victoria wasn't a basket case I'd drive down and get it!

I did check Ebay previously but didn't see that one, thanks for that

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Originally Posted by shanegtr

I was referring to doing several of these drains and refills in a row. My initially I dropped the pan to put in a new filter, then refilled, ran engine to pump out trans oil, refilled - repeat until I'd nearly gone through all my 20L drum. After all that there was still a decent concentration of LG6 so your not pumping out as much from the system as you'd hope. I'm basically doing a quick change at every service now.

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I was thinking for an 80,000km interval to drop what you can then let it mix up after changing for 500km then change again hoping to get at least 5 litres each time. Needing 10L of ZF 6 to start with.

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Originally Posted by shanegtr

Im up to around 33,000km since I started using BMV. No issues so far.

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Sounds promising on the BMV.

So when you added the new fluid were you adding it through the cooler lines as per the FILO method or through the filler hole, and were you pumping it in or using pressure, either from head pressure or by inflation?

From the Wynn's website they claim to remove the vast majority of the old fluid, so I wonder what their machine is doing differently and can it be replicated using simple control tech like arduino's etc

I was just using the filler hole on the side of the trans using a drum pump

Repco has its sales on oil at least once a month - so buy the LG6 then and with a NRMA membership you will get it for less than $30 a litre - typically about $27

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Repco has its sales on oil at least once a month - so buy the LG6 then and with a NRMA membership you will get it for less than $30 a litre - typically about $27

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Good idea, does that work on products that aren't kept in store? My mother-in-law is an NRMA member, I knew there was a reason I liked her![biggrin]

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Originally Posted by LR3 Disco Owner

Good idea, does that work on products that aren't kept in store? My mother-in-law is an NRMA member, I knew there was a reason I liked her![biggrin]

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Yes - that is when I buy mine and stock up.

In line with the discussion above about how is the best way to do the oil change - I do a basic fluid change every 24,000km so change about 3-4 litres - just drain and fill with gearbox and the right temp and engine running. This results in complete fluid change every 100,000km or so but downside is that after the 24,000km change about 60% of the oil in the box is still used but overall is much cleaner at any given time than leaving the same oil in for 240,000km.

Garry

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Originally Posted by 101RRS

Yes - that is when I buy mine and stock up.

In line with the discussion above about how is the best way to do the oil change - I do a basic fluid change every 24,000km so change about 3-4 litres - just drain and fill with gearbox and the right temp and engine running. This results in complete fluid change every 100,000km or so but downside is that after the 24,000km change about 60% of the oil in the box is still used but overall is much cleaner at any given time than leaving the same oil in for 240,000km.

Garry

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I did my gearbox valve body rebuild today and a three time flush to get most of my old fluid out but it’s not perfect by any means. Still, it’s good enough. I find I get around 5-6 litres in on a standard drain.

Like you I tend to do a drain every ~25,000km which for me is every two years.