I am advised by my garage that my 2010 Prem Lux XF is due a Gearbox Service. Not asked for a quote yet but am curious if any body knows what is entailed in this and what the rough cost may be. This is not a main dealer but a garage attached to the place I bought it from but independent of them. Thanks. 

1 hour ago, Alan Matthews said:

I am advised by my garage that my 2010 Prem Lux XF is due a Gearbox Service. Not asked for a quote yet but am curious if any body knows what is entailed in this and what the rough cost may be. This is not a main dealer but a garage attached to the place I bought it from but independent of them. Thanks. 

I would suggest the ATF, and all parts would cost £150 - £170, depending what you buy and where you buy it. Or may be more to the point what you are charged by the garage doing the job for you. Labour of course will again depend on what the garage labour charge rate is.

Best wishes and Regards, John

£200-£250 +vat, independent

hi

would say £400 to £500 for service if genuine ZF parts and oil is used

Genuine ZF parts are about £250 alone, thats for ZF lifeguard 6 oil, new pan/filter, new updates pan screws with larger torx heads, new updated mechatronics sleeve which was prone to leaking.

also if it done correct, at Jaguar, they update the software and reset the adaptations and do a learn cycle, which makes every thing nice and smooth, a indy may not do this and you may find it shifts harsher afterwards

also dont be tempted into cheaper oil, as when you drain it about 4 litres stays in the torque converter which means when you top up with up to 7 litre of new zf life guard 6 it mixes with 4 lires of old oil, if you use cheap oil, they dont always mix well, mixing oils is never recommended and a lot of people get issues and its really hard to remove after

zf recommended every 60k or 10 years for service oil change

did mine and it did make it smoother

cheers

Joe

Thanks guys for all the info, I will now have a chat with the garage to make sure he follows all the necessary steps and uses all the right parts in particular the oil. 

Cheers

Alan

 

Personally, I entrusted mine to a ZF agent. Some garages don't understand the fluid required and the procedure.

They charged me £385 in total. That was 8 months ago.

Hi Alan,

There are a few videos around on You Tube, this one's fairly typical 

I paid just over £400 incl VAT a couple of years ago. My 2.2 XF was 4 years old and with 80K miles on it so thought it was an investment worth making!

 

Rich.