Thread: They must think I'm a tool....

Thanks JC and dzook...

brake fluid every 20,000k....is that unique to Land Rover?

thats only once a year........

it will protect your brake system by flushing out the old stuff as brake fluid is hydroscopic.......
it absorbs water........so it lowers its boiling point.....which affects your safety.....
and the moisture corrodes the brake system internals.....



most books will say every 2 years.......
but then again.....they also say to change the oil every 20,000kms.........

ahh yeh ok...

I guess I used to change my track cars fluid after every meet....so yeah, changing it for a car every year makes sense..

i change my engine oils at 5,000kms......

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

i change my engine oils at 5,000kms......

and how long does it take to do those 5,000km Zook ?
Do you only do short trips ?
if it's 5000km a month, can I have the waste oil
It'd be good for another 10,000 in the Tdi

Originally Posted by catch-22

ahh yeh ok...

I guess I used to change my track cars fluid after every meet....so yeah, changing it for a car every year makes sense..

used to do the same thing, but stretch the road cars out to two to three years.

I change my diff oils approx every 7000ks although my truck only does about 10,000 a year now.

A friend's son recently had a major service on his popular small car performed by the selling ( and major) dealer. One of the items to be performed, and was checked off as being done, was remove, cleann, repack andadjust front wheel bearings. Less than 2 weeks later he had a screeching sound from a front wheel. A brake pad was worn down to the metal backing plate and the others almost so. Now one has to remove the brake caliper to perform the wheel bearing service and obviously this was not done, or was done by a blind man. He had called the RACQ road service who diagnosed the problem and called a tow truck. He later had the vehicle towed to the RACQ technical centre for a full inspection, cost around $150. Their opinion was that quite a number of the service items were not performed. He was also told by the RACQ inspector that in his opinion, this is common practice. Only after writing to the manufacturer's service office and threatening to publicise the matter did he get any satisfaction. A Disc and new pads supplied by the manufacturer and begrudgingly fitted by the dealer, who at first wanted to be paid to do this. The deaker at all times refused to acknowledge any incompetence or short cutting.