Tech Talk

What you ought to know about preventing major transmission problems in the Land Rover Discovery….

There has been a flow of Ford Rangers through the workshop in the last few months with overheating problems…

Nearly all transmission failures we see are due to no oil changes and badly oxidised/contaminated fluid. We believe these failures can mostly be avoided. Multiple heat cycles and clutches applying and releasing constantly degrade the fluid and eventually block filters and turn the fluid black.

After servicing many Ford Ranger / BT50 transmissions and seeing the destruction caused by towing (overheating) we had no choice but to do some investigation to find out why …

There are so many but firstly, it’s to give your transmission a longer life and prevention of early failure …

Problems include engine stalling, transmission overheating and erratic shift changes …