Thread: defender td5 40000km service

Does your owner's manual have a schedule of service items?

40 000km service. Both oil filters, air filter, fuel filter. Engine oil, front and rear diff oils, transfer case and gearbox oil. Possibly brake fluid if required. Lubricate all uni joints, door locks/latches, hinges, etc. When we do that service it usually comes out around $600.

Thankx. That's sound a lot cheaper than $900. Is your company based in Sydney area? If yes, then I'll bring my 90 in for service.

cheers

Greg

None of it is rocket science. Depends how much you like your warranty or if the warranty has run out. You should be able to do the service yourself for aroung $200 including buying all oils and filters.
$600 is not bad with hourly rates these days. $900 is excessive.
I do all my own servicing as soon as the vehicle is out of warranty and all the non required 5,000km services when under warranty. I have learnt that most workshops do not do all the items on the schedule no matter what they say. Some are better than others though. Little things like putting tape over drain plugs, marking spark plugs etc catch the bad service dealers out.
This has paid for all my tools etc by doing it yourself. Specialist items I will still take to a reputable workshop however.

Sorry, no where near Sydney... Alice Springs.

I do my own servicing and if I can't I call a mate to come and help. Last resort is get one of his contacts to come and srt it out.

I'm with Craige there, mine Defender runs out of warranty at the end of this month and everything I possibly can I'll do myself.
This way I'll know it's been done just as I knew things hadn't been done by the main stealer!

I had it checked by Rovertech and the stealer has just changed the rocker cover gasket and fuel pressure regulator and also without my asking, the clutch master cylinder.
Pity they can't adjust clutches properly though as the damn thing is nearly fully engaged about 1" off the floor with too much freeplay at the top.
I wonder if they ever check specs. before they do a job?
I'll fix that this weekend ........ is there anything I should look out for or not do?
My 40000 service cost around $750 from memory (or what's left of it) and I'm sure it was done correctly but it was not done by the stealer. What got up my nose was being charged $58 for "sundries"! Was this for rags to clean their hands on or wot?
Cheers.
Alan.

600-900 to change fluids and a couple of filters no thanks.

absolute rort.

100 bucks in fluids at full retail
filters 50 maybe

couple hours all done.



Michael.