Oil has to cool from 90-ish degrees down to between 45-50

In the workshop, on a ramp, its around 4 hours to cool down sufficiently, reading the live temperatures via Autologic, and it warms up again pretty quick

Last edited by Mikey on 16th Jan 2019 3:41pm. Edited 1 time in total

Ok, that makes sense

Mine took a good hour to get up past 50 degrees but it was rather cold here yesterday evening...

I had a drain, fill, new filter and sump yesterday as it happens as a hopefully proactive and preventative measure on my 5.0 S/C, while my truck was in with Brownchurch for it's MOT!

It has only done 72k miles, but I thought the ZF recommendation was 75k which I will pass in the next few months. Thankfully the MOT was all clear with no advisories, so still a relatively cheap visit to the garage .

Paul - rough cost for that drain and refill ? 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I did mine a month or so back, pretty easy, got a pan off AUTODOC (something like £65 for a ZF one) and £19/l for gen ZF oil from my tyres.co.uk so cheaper DIY with gen stuff works out at about £190👍🏻 There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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How much oil gets changed when the pan is dropped? I recently only collected 3L by draining the pan but intend replacing the pan c/w filter next time.

Afraid I was lazy with this one as the car was at the garage anyway!

ZF Lifeguard oil/filter/metal sump were ~£300. Oil price was the same as northernmonkeyjones, but I definitely paid more for the sump/filter.

Labour ~£250.

I've searched all the threads and expect to drop 5 litres removing the pan.

As full flushing is difficult/specialist, I've bought 10 litres and plan to do two oil changes with a good run in between. New pan on the first change.

. Cheers, Greg
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Expect about 5 litres, plan to get 6/7 so you have enough to put back in. I think where folks hanvent had that much out the thermostat must have been shut. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
FFRR 4.4 SDV8 Autobiography Santorini Black.
Fiat 500x 1.4 multiair Lounge 2015
2010 LR D4 Commercial 2.7 TDV6

Your only draining the sump, not the pipework too

And expect somewhere around 4 litres to drain out

Mikey
How does the Megaflush bypass the thermo valve? I assume with some clever bit of plumbing used for the process? 2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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I think my local specialist charges £260 all in for a mega flush - is that a good price?

ZF in Germany charges 620 Euros for a flush 2012 TDV8 Black Edition
2000 Disco. TD5
1975 series III

bruno22rf wrote:

I think my local specialist charges £260 all in for a mega flush - is that a good price?

With decent oil? With a Megaflush machine? Then yes  2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue SE Buckingham Blue with Ivory and clear glass = "Rory"
New Defender D300 90 on order so "Rory" will be going to a new home....!
1974 Series 3 Lightweight = "Millie"
My preferred specialist: www.glenrands.co.uk
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