ZF gearbox oil for the 1-Spd OMH gearbox.

 

So are we needing to do oil changes afterall?

 

Eventually, changing the lubricant in the final drive unit(s) is obviously desirable. But that's a 100,000 mile+ sort of thing.

 

You think we can do that easy like an ICE car? I don't mind doing every now and then as I was doing my own oil changes every 5000 miles and transmission every 50K miles or so on my previous ICE cars.

 

You think we can do that easy like an ICE car?

That's my take, too. I don't consider any modern EV to be a self-maintenance proposition. Not that I couldn't - I've rebuilt everything from VW flat-4s to Ferrari V8s, toss in a few transmissions. However, there is so, so much potential for protracted finger-pointing with a "new" technology should something go wrong you can't handle despite your "claiming" to have done something by the book.

It's all about the paper trail. Fix or maintain it yourself, you might have that receipt from the car parts place, but that doesn't exactly prove the work was performed.

 

The filler and drain seems so close together, it does not take that much oil I presume? Maybe 1-2 liter? The bottle looks like a liter bottle. Like usual I'd wait someone else do it first I'm at 45K still have a bit more to go

 

The filler and drain seems so close together, it does not take that much oil I presume? Maybe 1-2 liter? The bottle looks like a liter bottle.

Y, it's the real EU 1-L bottle. None of those jokes NA 946ml bottles. Two 1-L bottles to be on the safe side.

Like usual I'd wait someone else do it first I'm at 45K still have a bit more to go

Common buddy, be proactive and proud to be the 1st in the group to change the gearbox oil.

Y, at 45k still long way to 80k or 100k. But, you're 5k away from 50k. Now, is a good time to get the oil analysis kit in preparation for the 50k oil analysis.