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DISCOVERY 3 MEGA GEARBOX FLUSH
A useful how to video
(not sure where to post so some one could put it in the appropriate place)
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20th Sep 2013 10:46 am
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This is exactly the service that Geoff is now offeringPaul Redding
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20th Sep 2013 10:55 am
maplecottage
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Interesting comment re the manual check of levels after flush has completed. Sound advice me thinks.
20th Sep 2013 10:58 am
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I agree, Geoff did mine as his first job and mine was low when he checked it, great to have done though, car is so different now.Paul Redding
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20th Sep 2013 11:09 am
geoff.
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You can actually gauge how much dirty oil comes out
I've measured and marked my waste containers so I can see how much dirty oil comes out if say oil goes clean after 8 ltrs I know it's short if it goes clean after 11 ltrs I know it's over filled so I can do the appropriate changes
20th Sep 2013 11:10 am
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Give me another couple of years (had mine done in 2011) and I'll be on yer doorstep
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20th Sep 2013 1:25 pm
tony66
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gearbox
intresting comments below the vid-re dislodging deposits and ruining boxes...
being both a facelift x5 and disco 3 auto owner i would hate to have this done and have to replace both boxes
in practice i will probably touch neither-x5 101k,disco 132k
looks a good service though all the same
28th Nov 2013 2:28 pm
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When you flush the gearbox through the oil cooler all you are doing is capturing the old oil as it circulates and replacing with new, if the deposits that you are worried about are on the move during a flush they were on the move anyway. The Torque Converter is doing the pumping out so is doing nothing more than it's normal function.
In general terms a box that fails after any sort of oil change is a box that was failing anyway, it is common in the trade to see vehicles booked in for a gearbox oil change because of a problem not as a service job.Paul Redding
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28th Nov 2013 2:40 pm
tony66
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flush
there are lots of ideals concerning it-and a very valid point made about any debris likely to come loose will do so anyway,-a school of thought on bimmer forums is to have it done earlyish in the cars life before any accumalation etc and repeat at reasonable intervals
the change on the disco is slightly better than the x5 for some reason,as was the change on previous td6 vogue[53 reg] even though the x5 is a year younger and 30k less miles than the landie
not that there is anything really wrong with the x5-just the landrover products are smoother
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domy eyes device me or is that standard ATF in use
