ott
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Hi folks I have a 2004 diesel vogue I worry about the gearbox on every journey just out of interest who's got most miles out of their original box.
How many miles on original gearbox
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2.0_hippo
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156k on mine
Not sure of its original or not
Not sure of its original or not
hctbn
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Mine's a LT85 in a military 110 3.5 V8 and it's done about 280,000km - 175k miles. It's had reasonable oil changes, but it's a bugger to get to the gearbox oil filler so I must confess I haven't been religious about it. Just had the heads off and certainly couldn't complain - bit of coke on the piston crowns and heads but the valves just needed a bit of a lap and then a bit of a scrape round the bores.
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93000 then death
busakaz
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Mine has done 114,000 but only had it since september, so i need to get it sorted, do we go main dealer for the filter ??
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I would always advocate main dealer or the OEM for the Gearbox Filters....aftermarket/third party filters can either be the wrong filtration grade causing little filtration or getting clogged easier...and also the filter material has been known to break up due to sub-standard materials....
Filtran on the ZF box - not sure who the OEM is for the GM box....but I got mine from my friendly local dealer
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Depends how it has been driven. But most left alone and not serviced TD6 boxes that go, seem to give up the ghost at around the 100,000 mile mark.
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Which model year did they stop using chocolate gearboxes?
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2006 onwards they stopped using the GM boxes and all used ZF's....
until about 2009 even the ZF boxes had issues - from 2009 onwards they seem more robust, but that is not to say they are without issues....more reports could start coming in as these later cars approach the 80K barrier....
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ok then main dealer it is then been quoted 70 squid for filter,gasget,and bolts...
StuckAgainSteve
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They started fitting boxes rated for the job in hand after the first Ford facelift.
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Can't remember what I paid for my ZF Filtran filter....£45 for the Filter I think a tenner for the gasket....few quid for the O ring....no bolts to replace on the ZF Box...
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I've recently brought a 2010 Vogue TDV8 with 67k on the clock and that needed the transfer box & gearbox splitting to re-seal the whole thing as it was started to leak a bit.
The garage that did it said they've done a few with that problem now.
The garage that did it said they've done a few with that problem now.
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My point exactly. The later models are also starting to show signs of failure now
The problem described above looks more like **** build quality rather than transmission weakness as per earlier L322s.
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To be fair, the problem I described was a 'lazy build' type problem which was fixed at no cost to myself as opposed to a poor build or design flaw.
Can't fault it now though. Yet...
Can't fault it now though. Yet...
