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Emeye said:
After spending the small fortune on our 2003 XC90 I am wondering whether at 161k miles the auto fluid should be changed - I assume it has been done before, but apparently Volvo autos are pain and need fluid running through it or summat which costs an arm and a leg. At this rate I will be but a mere torso like the Black Knight....
See my post above yoursTyrannosauRoss Lex said:
I'm half tempted to go to a proper gearbox specialist to get the oil and filter done on the Lexus, although I'm told the garage it's going to can use a machine to get it out..... When it's done I'll ask them to tell me how much oil they managed to change. I THINK it takes 13 litres so if they get at least 11 litres or so I'll be happy. It did have the gearbox oil done at 30k miles by Lexus so it's not done the full mileage on original oil.
Ross, forgive me for being direct, but stop f
king worrying and fking thinking and fking catastrophising. It won't explode. Give the superbly-built machine some fking welly for fks sake. There, that's off my chest.
CharlesdeGaulle said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
I'm half tempted to go to a proper gearbox specialist to get the oil and filter done on the Lexus, although I'm told the garage it's going to can use a machine to get it out..... When it's done I'll ask them to tell me how much oil they managed to change. I THINK it takes 13 litres so if they get at least 11 litres or so I'll be happy. It did have the gearbox oil done at 30k miles by Lexus so it's not done the full mileage on original oil.
Ross, forgive me for being direct, but stop fking worrying and fking thinking and fking catastrophising. It won't explode. Give the superbly-built machine some fking welly for fks sake. There, that's off my chest.
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
TyrannosauRoss Lex said:
I'm half tempted to go to a proper gearbox specialist to get the oil and filter done on the Lexus, although I'm told the garage it's going to can use a machine to get it out..... When it's done I'll ask them to tell me how much oil they managed to change. I THINK it takes 13 litres so if they get at least 11 litres or so I'll be happy. It did have the gearbox oil done at 30k miles by Lexus so it's not done the full mileage on original oil.
Ross, forgive me for being direct, but stop fking worrying and fking thinking and fking catastrophising. It won't explode. Give the superbly-built machine some fking welly for fks sake. There, that's off my chest.
21st Century Man said:
The Century has sealed for life WS fluid and the LS/GS430 gearbox. It's on about 100,000 miles, should I have a flush/filter/fluid change?
Probably, I’d have thought. The idea of major surgery on a Century, in the UK, brings me out in similar size shivers to those engendered by chappy’s dead 745i above.
PenultimateSpiderman said:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2019...
A low mileage XM for £3k, nicer if it had the 3.0 but good colour, rear blindage clearly visible and a natty digital display...
Total legend and a really nice guy.
All you scamps with no interest in TVR can now look at each other and tut.
PS Good luck with the smear of Vaseline, CdG.
Calm, calm, calm.
LetsTryAgain said:
Slow said:
Despite everyone saying no here is the 745i which is now stuck in park and had to be towed off the trailer.
Brave man.Keep us updated.
Without having looked at it I’m slightly hopeful for the box.
He got it into drive and onto trailer, when it came time to get it off car started up fine, put into R or N and it said engine needs to be on... Sounds like electrical faults of some sort messing with it.
His friend who works offshore had it, bought a new Merc and left it, sold it to him and then the gearbox stopped working properly on the way home.
bolidemichael said:
Krikkit said:
What CdeG said! He can get away with it as he's a cheeky scamp.
Perhaps this marks a symbolic and timely end to the gold badged Toyota love in epoch to this thread. Slow said:
LetsTryAgain said:
Slow said:
Despite everyone saying no here is the 745i which is now stuck in park and had to be towed off the trailer.
Brave man.Keep us updated.
Without having looked at it I’m slightly hopeful for the box.
He got it into drive and onto trailer, when it came time to get it off car started up fine, put into R or N and it said engine needs to be on... Sounds like electrical faults of some sort messing with it.
His friend who works offshore had it, bought a new Merc and left it, sold it to him and then the gearbox stopped working properly on the way home.
All this talk of transmission oil changes has got me wondering if my 2006 Merc C220cdi would also benefit from it at just shy of 120k - I have to assume it has never been done, as with FSH the bill would have been there.
I know the Merc C-class, especially a diesel is not really a thread candidate, but after initially being a bit disappointed by the surprisingly stiff Avantgarde sport suspension and a few random electrical glitches, a new battery cured everything in one go and it has become quite a good mini-barge, rush hour commuter weapon. The compact size gives more room for threading though gaps and it is relatively responsive if the gearbox is kept in S mode. Once on the motorway it glides along nicely. Economy on my 15 miles in 30 mins commute is about 32mpg - pretty poor for a diesel, but on a long run it will easily do 45mpg.
It seems the facelift model I have is much more resilient than the original ones, but I still have my eye on something with a V8 to replace it while I still can.....
I know the Merc C-class, especially a diesel is not really a thread candidate, but after initially being a bit disappointed by the surprisingly stiff Avantgarde sport suspension and a few random electrical glitches, a new battery cured everything in one go and it has become quite a good mini-barge, rush hour commuter weapon. The compact size gives more room for threading though gaps and it is relatively responsive if the gearbox is kept in S mode. Once on the motorway it glides along nicely. Economy on my 15 miles in 30 mins commute is about 32mpg - pretty poor for a diesel, but on a long run it will easily do 45mpg.
It seems the facelift model I have is much more resilient than the original ones, but I still have my eye on something with a V8 to replace it while I still can.....
Edited by Emeye on Friday 29th November 11:40
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