Pictures Coming Finally on My Black Beauty
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This is my 6th Jag and the one I love 2nd most behind the 03 XJ8 with the Soverign Pkg. This is an S-Type 05, 4.2 w/Sport Pkg and XK8 interior with the burnt metal dash & trim. Pictures will be up tomorrow. My next Jag will be an XJR or an XKR Coupe. Have 69k miles and the one thing all Jag owners (03-09) need to watch for is the whooping tranny noise, all 3 of my S-Types had to have the dealer service done for this to correct the problem. I would not recommend changing the tranny oil ever unless you are driving it real hard, then do it before 50k miles. The S-Type I believe is becoming more popular now that they are a few yrs out of production.
Keep an eye on your heat exchanger if your tranny starts making noise, unfortunately mine went south and coolant got into the tranny fluid, never heard of such a thing until they flew a new tranny in from UK to replace mine at 40k miles along with a new radiator. I would never buy a Jag without an extended warranty.
Keep an eye on your heat exchanger if your tranny starts making noise, unfortunately mine went south and coolant got into the tranny fluid, never heard of such a thing until they flew a new tranny in from UK to replace mine at 40k miles along with a new radiator. I would never buy a Jag without an extended warranty.
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If a STR owner googles tranny fluid, I just want to be sure they see both sides of the debate...
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my suggestion is simply based on what all three dealers in Atlanta recommended to me and the two dealers I dealt with in Florida with my other Jags. I had the ZF lubricant added to the S-Type I am driving right now one year ago, so if it is discontinued it is within the last 12 months. They said if they owned the car and it had more than 50K miles on it without any tranny oil changes to let it alone, they actually emphasized not to do it, especially when under the Select Edition warranties. After the warranty is up I would be open to looking into anything, like a newer Jag.
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fluid change is very necessary , which lubrication fluid isnt changed in the world ?
dont understand why someone in right mind wud believe we dont need to change it ?
its a transmission with filter , torque convertor , and all the moving parts like other , zf is just oil like all others , the only debate i feel is zf or some other fluid ?
i will go with zf only cause my research says its the only fluid tested on it for long time and has same viscosity required by the way jaguar transmission ecm operates and shifts gears
dont understand why someone in right mind wud believe we dont need to change it ?
its a transmission with filter , torque convertor , and all the moving parts like other , zf is just oil like all others , the only debate i feel is zf or some other fluid ?
i will go with zf only cause my research says its the only fluid tested on it for long time and has same viscosity required by the way jaguar transmission ecm operates and shifts gears
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I had the ZF lubricant added to the S-Type I am driving right now one year ago, so if it is discontinued it is within the last 12 months. They said if they owned the car and it had more than 50K miles on it without any tranny oil changes to let it alone, they actually emphasized not to do it, especially when under the Select Edition warranties. After the warranty is up I would be open to looking into anything, like a newer Jag.
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I just called Nelley Jag of Roswell GA and inquired about transmission change...The gentleman I spoke to predictively stated Jag recommends not replacing the fluid...I said "oh really, why is that?" Had about a three minute chat, what he ultimate said he charges $800 to change fluid and for preventative maintenance, Jag feels it's a waste unless you're having shifting problems. I then asked if he's seen ZF failures below 100k and he said "many"...Obviously, there's no way to know for sure if a fluid change would of prevented a trans failure...
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