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[CeeJay]

Hi All

I asked my garage to do a full service on my Jeep including new oil for the Gearbox and Diffs.  Unfortunately I was told I needed to get the gearbox oil directly from Jeep.  So I gave them a call (John Weirs in Perth) and was told, yes sir you need 8 litres and including vat that'll be £118...

Now I count mind spending money on my Jeep but this seems a mite expensive!  Do I have to buy the Mopar Mercon ATF or are there cheaper alternatives?

C.

[gazjeep]

Doesn't have to be Jeep supplied stuff as far as I know, just get the right grade

http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=8091.0

[Bishops Finger]

methink so too..

[Mike Pavelin]

If it's a 4.0 XJ you use Dexron II

[supersparks]

i am proboably wrong here but i thought that a service on an auto box only needed 4litres of oil not the full 8.7 litres as it is almost impossible to fully drain the torque convertor without a total strip down. or that is what my owners manual says anyway.

[CeeJay]

i am proboably wrong here but i thought that a service on an auto box only needed 4litres of oil not the full 8.7 litres as it is almost impossible to fully drain the torque convertor without a total strip down. or that is what my owners manual says anyway.

I'l need to look into that - 4 litres would be a damn sight more affordable than 8.7!

Regards
C.

[Dave69]

remember the level is normally checked with a warm engine and in neutral (correct if wrong)

[normalbloke]

remember the level is normally checked with a warm engine and in neutral (correct if wrong)

And running?

[Lornaben]

 

Gearbox in neutral, Warm RUNNING engine   

[Bulldog67]

even I knew that 

[Mike Pavelin]

Gearbox in neutral, Warm RUNNING engine   

To clarify...you need to drive it and get the transmission hot, not just start it up to warm up the engine.