Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
Posts: 16390
Duncan
-----------------------------------------------------
If I'd known I was going to be so thirsty this morning I'd have drunk more beer last night.
FFRR Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 MY17
D4 HSE MY13 SOLD
FFRR 3.6 Vogue TDV8 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D4 SE TECH MY15 SOLD
D4 XS MY12 SOLD
D4 HSE MY10 SOLD
D3 HSE MY06 - Re-Cycled Worldwide
3rd Jul 2015 11:22 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73066
Re getting BT to fit a radiator, anyone had BT fit one? I thought I saw that somewhere but can't find any reference for the life of me.
3rd Jul 2015 11:23 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20836
My old box sat around 80 degrees, would go as high as 90 when the TC was unlocked
With the new box, the highest I have seen is 65.
At over 100 degrees, the oil degrades extremely quickly, and long term wear/damage will occur. It maybe is time for a gearbox rebuild...My D3 Build Thread
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73066
Just been looking back at some screen dumps I did from the IID, I've been getting oil & transmission temp mixed up. Highest engine oil temp I've seen is 104c crawling up long 1 in 3 track, the transmission temp got up to low 90s. Coolant was also low 90s.
Still high though.
Will see if I can pull up the pdf of the data log.
Screen print was the best I could do, transmission temp is the bile green trace. This was at the top of the hill.
Click image to enlarge
Last edited by DSL on 3rd Jul 2015 11:54 am. Edited 1 time in total
3rd Jul 2015 11:46 am
Kingmav66
Member Since: 20 Jul 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1349
Cooler that's inside rad. (Hope it works)
Last edited by Kingmav66 on 3rd Jul 2015 9:39 pm. Edited 1 time in total
3rd Jul 2015 11:54 am
Kingmav66
Member Since: 20 Jul 2010
Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 1349
I guess not then
3rd Jul 2015 11:55 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73066
Cute kitty!
3rd Jul 2015 11:55 am
Robbie
Member Since: 05 Feb 2006
Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posts: 17932
Pussy:
Land Rover - Turning Drivers into Mechanics Since 1948
Member Since: 05 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
Posts: 1014
DSL wrote:
Would explain the hot oil temp, assuming that 104c is hot. I've not really got a handle on what the normal range is. Plus that heat is being transferred to the radiator so prob not helping oil temp and coolant temp.
Auto box oil should, for maximum life, stay between 75 and 95° C. It's permissable to run them up to around 135° C for short periods, like climbing steep hills.
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73066
3rd Jul 2015 1:18 pm
lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
Bodsy wrote:
if you put the BMW pan on, then there will be less fluid in there overall, so possibly wont cool as much as there is less oil, so the same oil is in use more, heating it up more. Possibly. Not sure if it makes any difference overall as many people have it. But if theyre taking everything else off, then may as well change the filter anyway.
TC is part of the gearbox oil system, so effectively you will already be changing a lot of the oil. If theyre changing the Autobox filter as well, then even more so.
Not sure what my hottest temp is on the oil. The oil cooler is built into the side of the radiator. Could be worth a rad change if you've never had it done. Consider changing the intercooler as well as it is easier to take out at the same time as the rad. Mine had a bout 2KG of mud in the fins over the years. I doubt that yours will be any different!
Have you got an exact figure how much less if any the metal sump holds compared to the oe plastic one?
Mines been metal for over 2years and I've not noticed anything detrimental. Though I wouldn't go out of my way to fit one - the filter in mine was a clean as a clean thing when it came out.Mark.
2006, D3 SE Auto - gone but not forgotten.
2014 BMW 530d M Sport Tourer.
1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500
_________________________________________________
Disco Picture Website Here
3rd Jul 2015 6:17 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73066
If the existing one is fine I'll just stick with that then. Save a few pennies.
3rd Jul 2015 6:19 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20836
Click image to enlarge
That had been in for 50K miles, and 40k of them was with known issues. Anything stuck to that magnet would have passed through the filter anyway, as it's not a "filter"
I do have pictures someplace of a filter I cut open. You could almost see daylight through it My D3 Build Thread
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
