Hi all!
I'm a new member on this forum and a new owner of a 2006 Fiat Croma 1.9 JTD 16V 110 kW / 150 HP with 6 gear Aisin AWTF-80 SC automatic gearbox. I was googling a bit regarding the oil change in the gearbox and Fiat doesn't advise any oil changes as far as I'm aware of, but other manufacturers that use identical gearbox in their vehicles, such as Volvo, Saab etc. do, and they advise the oil change on every 60.000 km I think. The car has 200.000 km, and as far as I know, previous owners didn't change the oil in the gearbox. I'm not asking these questions because there is anything wrong with the gearbox, it works very well, no problems at all but, since I just bought the car I want it to work normaly in the future as weel. So here are my options:
1. ) Don't touch the gearbox as long as it works normaly, this means no oil change.
2. ) Lets say that the oil has never been change in these 200.000 km, can something go wrong if I change the oil now? Some say not to change the oil if it hasn't been changed regulary, some say change it as soon as possible to avoid possible gearbox damage?
3. ) Give 300€ and change the oil in the gearbox and see what happens? Oil would be changed proffessionaly, pumped into the gearbox so long, until the oil that exits the gearbox is crystal clear, meaning that there is only new oil in the gearbox (tim eckart methode).
And for the tyres, which tyres would you recommend, soft or hard tyres? Some say that this car uses the edges of the tyres so you have to use harder tyres?
Thank you for all your answers in advance :worship:
I'm a new member on this forum and a new owner of a 2006 Fiat Croma 1.9 JTD 16V 110 kW / 150 HP with 6 gear Aisin AWTF-80 SC automatic gearbox. I was googling a bit regarding the oil change in the gearbox and Fiat doesn't advise any oil changes as far as I'm aware of, but other manufacturers that use identical gearbox in their vehicles, such as Volvo, Saab etc. do, and they advise the oil change on every 60.000 km I think. The car has 200.000 km, and as far as I know, previous owners didn't change the oil in the gearbox. I'm not asking these questions because there is anything wrong with the gearbox, it works very well, no problems at all but, since I just bought the car I want it to work normaly in the future as weel. So here are my options:
1. ) Don't touch the gearbox as long as it works normaly, this means no oil change.
2. ) Lets say that the oil has never been change in these 200.000 km, can something go wrong if I change the oil now? Some say not to change the oil if it hasn't been changed regulary, some say change it as soon as possible to avoid possible gearbox damage?
3. ) Give 300€ and change the oil in the gearbox and see what happens? Oil would be changed proffessionaly, pumped into the gearbox so long, until the oil that exits the gearbox is crystal clear, meaning that there is only new oil in the gearbox (tim eckart methode).
And for the tyres, which tyres would you recommend, soft or hard tyres? Some say that this car uses the edges of the tyres so you have to use harder tyres?
Thank you for all your answers in advance :worship:
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