Transmission and Diifs
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2000DiscII (06-25-2021)
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Gotta Love LR Forum !
I just had an issue with my transmission fluid. By issue, I mean I drove all day today ~100 miles and as I finally was leaving work at 5:00pm, my 2000 Disc II made it 80 yards and then stopped moving. Having recently changed the throttle position sensor, and no flashing lights...I knew something was sideways. I pull the car over, went under to check the drive shafts..all good. Hmmm, lets check the ATF level. Ran a long zip tie down the top fill port.....dry ---What the...! Pull the drain plug, and all I get is ~6 oz of fluid. I never get drips when parked, not even engine oil <-- I know, I'm amazed about that as well, seeing as I do my own maintenance and just reached 229,000 miles last week. I believe it drips from the tranny pan seal when hot and over the last ~8 months (since I changed the tranny filter), its been slowly leaking out on the road at high speeds.
Point being is I went to buy ATF and the service guy at Auto Zone seemed lost and confused. I went straight to their lubricant oils book for reference and it called out the Valvoline High Mileage AFT VI Fully Synthetic. I bought it, although most searched on the web called for Dexron III. Now home and safe with all gears shifting and tranny pan full, I started to doubt my purchase and choice of ATF. On to LR Forum I went, make a a quick search for the oil and to my surprise, someone had the same inquiry.
Thanks you ALL for your combined shared knowledge. I get stopped nearly every day with folks giving me the thumbs up for my 2000 Disco. I know all of you out there get the same. We are a special breed, and this forum helps keep that alive.
Cheers! from Tustin, CA.
Diego
Point being is I went to buy ATF and the service guy at Auto Zone seemed lost and confused. I went straight to their lubricant oils book for reference and it called out the Valvoline High Mileage AFT VI Fully Synthetic. I bought it, although most searched on the web called for Dexron III. Now home and safe with all gears shifting and tranny pan full, I started to doubt my purchase and choice of ATF. On to LR Forum I went, make a a quick search for the oil and to my surprise, someone had the same inquiry.
Thanks you ALL for your combined shared knowledge. I get stopped nearly every day with folks giving me the thumbs up for my 2000 Disco. I know all of you out there get the same. We are a special breed, and this forum helps keep that alive.
Cheers! from Tustin, CA.
Diego
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