ZF 8HP Transmission Oil Change - Land Rover Discovery 4 - LR4

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In this episone we change the oil of the ZF 8HP transmission installed in our 2013 SDV6 Discovery 4. This step-by-step procedure is for entertainment only. It may look like as we know what we are doing but be warned, we never did this before and you should think twice before you do this like we did. LR Time Vera&Christian is not reliable for any kind of "ever since we followed your advice" problems. Hope you enjoy the video and thanks for watching,
Vera & Christian

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Materials
ZF8 Lifeguard Fluid8 (6 Liters is enough)
Meetering cup
Filling Pump
A LR4
Your wife
Cold weather
Optional: GAP2D tool
Rags and brake cleaner
Discovery 4 or a similar vehicle with a ZF 8HP

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[GSF]

Both of you you are absolutely brilliant - informative and so so entertaining 😊

[richdudester]

Hey Vera and Christian, new subscriber here. I’ve been binge watching your vlogs since I found your channel. Loving your work - keep repairs and modifications coming :-)

[wookiewookster]

The best couple on YouTube, look forward LR Time every Sunday 👍🏻👍🏻

[rogerjeck]

great episode u2, it's always fun to get bonus footage of your boys, you can be plenty proud of what they are doing. talent and motivation! cheers to all 4 of you...

[jamest]

A suggestion… Why not add a switch to save pulling the fuse every time you want to disable the suspension, either in the engine bay or cabin?

[cometa]

I use a weed sprayer bottle of 5 or 6L to do the transmission fluid in my isuzu, can pump it up and fill alot easier then 1L bottles, only costs 10$ here in New Zealand

[kevinbarry]

Great video. You just have to love ZF. Changing the filter means replacing the entire pan. Increase cost, increase waste

[accesszero]

I paid a garage to to change the gear box oil on my d4, and they failed to put the oil back in, when we checked it and drianed it we only got 2 litres out of it

[philiqp]

Personally I would have compared Vera with Lizzy instead of Ed !

[brunosanu]

I cant stop watching you both. Great info, good lr time with a smile. Thanks for the effort.

[andrewmarkland]

Who said German's don't have a sense of humour.... Another inspirational OCD video from the LR Time crew.

[gazzafloss]

Oh, you guys, there's that German precision again, even moving the snow off your driveway, such straight lines and right angle precision.
Apparently precision isn't practiced by my local Toyota dealer, had my new Toyota serviced midweek they've put about half a litre too much oil in the engine sump I'd estimate, so I guess, "near enough is good enough" here in Northern Australia, it's only a Toyota after all...
Good to see you're Matt's off road recovery fans too 👍.

[gilcalvo]

You guys got me in trouble with my wife ..I was watching full volume and after the OH my God, It's huge she came over to see what type of dirty film I was watching...LOL ..hahaha

[jamest]

A mechanics LED strip that fits across the under side of the bonnet are handy 👍

[JONNYMOORE]

So you left half of the dirty oil in the torque converter and pipes…..next time go through the oil cooler pipes, and flush the whole system.

[ZachBrimhall]

I did a full transmission service 2 years ago on my LR3. Started having shift issues with 2nd gear. Took it to the LR dealer in town, they said there was nothing wrong with it🙄. Took it to an actual LR specialist shop, they said the transmission was going bad and plan on getting another vehicle 🙄. Did some research and decided to do a full service, changed the solenoids and sleeves. Total cost for parts, fluids and couple of cokes was $700. Took a couple of days because it was a big ass job. Finished up, reset the adaptations and it has been perfect. Many trips off-roading in Southern Utah and last summer a trip to Santa Cruz, CA and San Francisco, CA from Utah. Roughly 35, 000 miles over last 2 years. Freaking Land Rover Dealer in Salt Lake City, don't bother.

[jasonw]

Great video again! Love to see Robin's forge work. Master craftsman!
My understanding is that if you fully lower the passenger window, this disables the air suspension from lowering. I use this trick to lock the Discovery into off road height when I clean the wheel arches. Mine is a 14MY D4 not sure if this works for earlier models???

[hammyh]

Robin is so talented, the two of you must be so proud 🙂

[alhit]

Another brilliant video guys 👍 That ZF gear box is in almost every big suv so this is so helpful to a lot of car owners…. Well done, that was such a good judgment call on the Pan replacement. I’d love to hear the conversation when Christian wants to change a TV channel, analysis 😂😂😂 best regards from Ireland 🇮🇪

[Rickwardful]

Another great video. However, for those of us in the UK less brave than Christian and Vera, I would suggest taking your Automatic Disco to a proper Automatic transmission specialist to change and flush the transmission, such a 3D Transmissions in Reading. Many ordinary garages cannot do this properly.
If you have a 6 speed Auto Disco 3 and it develops a vibration under acceleration between 2, 000 and 3, 000 engine revs and /or the rev counter needle starts to fluctuate up and down by +/- 250 RPM under load, the chances are that you transmission fluid desperately needs changing and maybe the control module on top of the gear box need replacing.
On early Disco 3’s the oil pan will be metal and needs replacing with the newer plastic one with the integral filter. It is vital that the transmission oil temperature is cold, therefore if you are waiting while the flush procedure is completed, you will need to take a good book to read. 3D will not start work on your vehicle for 2 hours, until the correct, cool oil temperature is achieved.
A flush is far better than an oil change, because the torque converter contains so much fluid that will remain in the system unless it is properly flushed.
This procedure will usually cure the vibration and fluctuating engine RPM issues, but it might take 50 miles of driving before it fully corrects itself.
It is not an expensive operation for a specialist to do and very well worth it being done.