straightshooter Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 right here goes i feel like a complete fool in fact i am!!!!!!! had a leak with my cooler tubes that run from my auto box so i thought well this is only a two minute job so i cut some fresh hose and dug out some cheap jubilee clips i bought hooked it all up and went for a drive well as you can imagine ten minutes down the road a cloud of smoke like a james bond car was behind me so i parked the bob up got picked up bought some good clips and oil got back to the car tied everyting up nicely and topped up the gearbox drove down the road and realised instead of aft fluid i had put gear box oil in GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! so tomorrow looks like i'll be draining the lot off and refill the question i have to ask do i or is there a way to flush it out or just change it over a fewtimes over the next few weeks till its all flushed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightshooter Posted December 28, 2011 Author Share Posted December 28, 2011 well drained the transmission out today and the local shop only had 3 litres of oil cant belive it but what did surprise me that it takes nearly 9 litres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 A zf will only take 5ish litres for a refill. The 9 litres is from empty. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightshooter Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 yep found the out today whe i put 8 litres in and found i was way over so anyway out came the pump to suck out the excess he he!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 right here goes i feel like a complete fool in fact i am!!!!!!! had a leak with my cooler tubes that run from my auto box so i thought well this is only a two minute job so i cut some fresh hose and dug out some cheap jubilee clips i bought hooked it all up and went for a drive well as you can imagine ten minutes down the road a cloud of smoke like a james bond car was behind me so i parked the bob up got picked up bought some good clips and oil got back to the car tied everyting up nicely and topped up the gearbox drove down the road and realised instead of aft fluid i had put gear box oil in GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! so tomorrow looks like i'll be draining the lot off and refill the question i have to ask do i or is there a way to flush it out or just change it over a fewtimes over the next few weeks till its all flushed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Hello ,I am contemplating an oil change on my Discovery 300 auto box but I am repeatedly told to leave well alone .What are the draw backs to a supposeadly simple oil change .coachman . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Who keeps telling you to leave it? That's poor advice as autos gradually cook their ATF. You should remove the sump and clean or replace the filter, too, if it hasn't been done recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 If it's an old box, and the fluid is still red, leave it alone. Putting fresh fluid in can dislodge dirt particles and block up various bits of the insides -quite often the symptom is first gear only for the first few miles If it's going black, then do of course change, then sell the vehicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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