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Originally Posted by Stevie
Independant rings back and says Gearbox oil never has to be changed according to Audi. If you want it done its £403, not £210. I'll do it if you want, but you don't need to.
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That he is quoting you, then changing the quote, then telling you it doesn't need it, all of that would make me want to find an alternative indy.
As Richard says above, a ZF specialist would be best for the gearbox, the service can stay with an Audi specialist.
I've no doubt that Audi's 'official' schedules do not include a gearbox service, but their intepretation of "lifetime" is about 5 years/100,000 miles (i.e. if it fails after that then what do you expect, one that will last a lifetime???), so probably quite different from the rest of us.
Mercedes used to say sealed for life too, they changed about 2 years ago and are now including gearbox oil changes on their servicing, and have even retro-added it to the service-inclusive deals they sold at no extra charge.
If you've seen the oil come out of a 100k plus miler gearbox that's never been changed, you'll understand why it should be done, about every 40k I'd reckon