DIY: CLS400 Oil Change from Bottom
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2010 C300 4MATIC........ 2011 C63 AMG.............. 2015 CLS400 4MATIC.....
DIY: CLS400 Oil Change from Bottom
Oil change DIY on the cls400!
Some mods coming soon...stay tuned.
Some mods coming soon...stay tuned.
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CLS400 4Matic EC Tuned
My service A is coming up at the start of July, I'm currently at about 57,000KM (35,418 miles). The service booklet says to do a transmission service every 6 years or 120,000 KM so I'll be doing that as well. I'm pretty sure our vehicles have the torque converter as well so that should be drained as well. Has any 400 owner done a transmission service? Dealer quoted me at $695 lol.
Awesome video by the way, what mods do you have coming up for your car?
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Thank you both, my transmission service is not too far away, so that might be in the works this year depending on mileage.
Have to do it on my w204 as well.
Mods are gonna be mostly cosmetic for now, will start with some small things and work my way up.
Have to do it on my w204 as well.
Mods are gonna be mostly cosmetic for now, will start with some small things and work my way up.
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2005 SL500, 2015 CLS400
Just came back from the dealer, he quoted me $297 for the Service A. my car has over 50k now, so he suggested spark plugs and some other minor stuff to be done, which added up to a little over $1200 for the 50k service. Also i discussed with him the 60k service, which includes a transmission flush. I was quoted at $1400 for the 60k / service 6.
I also have a R230 SL500, where you either use a oil extractor or drop the oil pan to for oil flush, which is a bit more complicated. But now that i watched this video, might go back to replacing the oil myself on the CLS. $300 for a regular oil change - i'll pay me for that
Bottom line is that each dealer sets his own price for the services. No wonder they quoted you higher. I've seen that before. My next things to look into - spark plugs and transmission / differential flush. Don't feel paying $2500 for that at the dealer.
I also have a R230 SL500, where you either use a oil extractor or drop the oil pan to for oil flush, which is a bit more complicated. But now that i watched this video, might go back to replacing the oil myself on the CLS. $300 for a regular oil change - i'll pay me for that
Bottom line is that each dealer sets his own price for the services. No wonder they quoted you higher. I've seen that before. My next things to look into - spark plugs and transmission / differential flush. Don't feel paying $2500 for that at the dealer.
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Yeah I've linked the parts in the description and it should run <$70 for the first change, like $60 for the next (since you will have extra oil).
That means you can really do the oil change yourself 5 times for the cost of 1 dealer change. That's 50k miles hah.
That means you can really do the oil change yourself 5 times for the cost of 1 dealer change. That's 50k miles hah.
