Thread: Cost of 65,000km service

Originally Posted by LRD414

Justin, for the 8 speed, a complete flush and filter change or just drain and refill (ie partial flush)?

Cheers,
Scott

Hi Scott not done an 8spd trans service yet however i woukd take yhe approach that unless extremely abused the oil is unlikely at that age and those kms to actuallu have broken down and the most important thing is to change the filter to ensure overall pressures are good. So, a partial change DONE REGULARLY with a filter should do the trick. I'm taking this route with the 5l40e in the l322 after i fit the torque converter eventually.

Jc

Originally Posted by justinc

Hi Scott not done an 8spd trans service yet however i woukd take yhe approach that unless extremely abused the oil is unlikely at that age and those kms to actuallu have broken down and the most important thing is to change the filter to ensure overall pressures are good. So, a partial change DONE REGULARLY with a filter should do the trick. I'm taking this route with the 5l40e in the l322 after i fit the torque converter eventually.



Jc

This makes good sense Jc. After a few rounds of this approach the oil would be at an overall younger age in effect.

I haven't read of a steel sump conversion for the 8 speed to make filter changing easier (assuming it's integral with sump like 6 speed, which I haven't actually checked). That would make filter changing more expensive.

Scott