How much gearbox oil for L322

[moveitall]

Hi,

I have today contacted my local Land Rover dealer and they inform me that I will need 11 litres of oil for the gearbox when I replace it. However, on the RAVE cd it states that when you drain the oil replace it with 3.5 to 4 litres.......what's going on???????

When I told the dealer this, his reply was: "In the experience of our technicians we have found we use between 10 and 11 litres of oil, I can only offer you the advice of our technical staff and trust their judgement".

Can anyone please tell me how much I will actually need because there is obviously a huge discrepancy here?

Also, does anyone have any ideas on how I can check the temperature of the oil??

Thanking you in anticipation of a reply.

 

[Bemble]

There have been five different transmissions fitted to the L322 since its launch in 2002 and you haven't stated which model you have but, for example, both the GM 5L40-E transmission in the TD6 and the ZF 5HP24 in the BMW 4.4 V8 have a dry capacity of just under 10 litres. However, when carrying out a drain and refill, around half of the fluid is trapped inside the torque converter, clutch lines and valve block so around 5 litres is all that you can get out and subsequently back in again.

The fluid temperature can be checked with a cheap non-contact IR laser thermometer - they cost around £15

 

[moveitall]

There have been five different transmissions fitted to the L322 since its launch in 2002 and you haven't stated which model you have but, for example, both the GM 5L40-E transmission in the TD6 and the ZF 5HP24 in the BMW 4.4 V8 have a dry capacity of just under 10 litres. However, when carrying out a drain and refill, around half of the fluid is trapped inside the torque converter, clutch lines and valve block so around 5 litres is all that you can get out and subsequently back in again.

The fluid temperature can be checked with a cheap non-contact IR laser thermometer - they cost around £15

Hi,

Firstly, thank you very much for your helpful response.
Yes, I omitted to mention it's an early 2004 TD6, so I presume it's the GM gearbox.
Is it difficult to do and with your experience any advise would be much appreciated.
Oh, and can you please tell me where I can get this IR Laser Thermometer from?

Much appreciated.

 

[Bemble]

This is the procedure for getting the fluid level right (the most important part being that you must have the engine running when the final level is set) :

Make sure that you use the right fluid – you'll probably need between 4 and 5 litres

You can get the thermometer off eBay

 

[moveitall]

This is the procedure for getting the fluid level right (the most important part being that you must have the engine running when the final level is set) :

Make sure that you use the right fluid – you'll probably need between 4 and 5 litres

You can get the thermometer off eBay

Hi,

Thank you very much really like the pictures.
Like the improvised pumping kit...BRILLIANT!!

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO REPLACE FILTER TOO!!

My local dealer wants £116.16 just for the filter. Do you have any advise on this matter? Any helpful tips on replacing filter would be much appreciated.

Thank again!

 

[Bemble]

Yep, that's for the kit which includes the steel/rubber sump gasket and the bolts

You could try Googling 'THE500031' to compare prices but I would warn you that there's a lot of cheap pattern parts about and I would strongly recommend that you fit a genuine Filtran filter.

Assuming your L322 is still on its first transmission (?) you've reached the age (mileage between 80k & 100k?) where the torque converter lock-up clutch begins to fail and deposit metallic debris into the sump, so the filter is especially important!