Need your advice please.
2016 LR4 HSE, 53K miles, bought used.
Dealership changed the transfer case on warranty after we bought it at about 47K miles. They said it was low on fluid and fluid was burned - hmm....
The only symptom was a small shudder when making very tight turns at the limit.
I wasn't all that concerned, but they volunteered to do it!
The repair fixed that shudder.
BUT, their comment gives me concerns about the transmission.
I really don't like how it's shifting from park into drive, a fair clunk, vs our 2013 LR4 that has no noticeable shift at all - perfectly smooth, but now at 85K.
If this was my truck, I would be more liberal about changing out the pan, but it's my daughters and she will be driving it cross country to school in the fall and I have a history of gaskets leaking - just my luck... Plus this project is right on the edge of something I really want to tackle. (Plenty of experience, but this project sounds like a pita..)
SO, as a first and hopefully last step, why not just use the fill gun to suck out as much fluid as possible from the fill port and refill, repeat, repeat ...
Yes, I understand about changing the filter and why that's a good idea....
Also, why not just tap a drain plug port into the existing pan. Or would this put too many bits of refuse into the system...
I would be doing this in the garage on the floor.
Your comments?
Thanks,
Dan