SpiceWeasel
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New here so thought I would say hello first of all. I recently got my first Merc a month ago, a silver C200 (W204 facelift) with almost 80k...so almost run in 
Just about to give the car a proper service (well my mechanic), gearbox oil and filter kit, fuel filter, oil and filter, air filter and cabin filter. I got everything from my local Merc dealers as around the same price for genuine bits. I only went in for the gearbox kit but asked about everything else while I was in there.
Anyway my question is how much gearbox oil should I need for an oil and filter change? Merc gave me 6L of oil with the kit. Now I have read conflicting advice about what needs to be done here. Some say just drain old oil, swap the filter, new gasket and bolts etc. Then refill with between 5L-6L and get up to 45c then let the excess drain out and bingo.
I have also been reading that you should at the same time as the gearbox is drained also drain the oil from the torque converter as well. Then same procedure as above. So that would be more like 8L-9L of oil.
To make things even more confusing some say there is no drain plug in the torque converter, others say there is.
Has anyone done this and know what the actual amount should be? I have been going around in circles for the last few hours trying to find a proper answer. Thanks
Just about to give the car a proper service (well my mechanic), gearbox oil and filter kit, fuel filter, oil and filter, air filter and cabin filter. I got everything from my local Merc dealers as around the same price for genuine bits. I only went in for the gearbox kit but asked about everything else while I was in there.
Anyway my question is how much gearbox oil should I need for an oil and filter change? Merc gave me 6L of oil with the kit. Now I have read conflicting advice about what needs to be done here. Some say just drain old oil, swap the filter, new gasket and bolts etc. Then refill with between 5L-6L and get up to 45c then let the excess drain out and bingo.
I have also been reading that you should at the same time as the gearbox is drained also drain the oil from the torque converter as well. Then same procedure as above. So that would be more like 8L-9L of oil.
To make things even more confusing some say there is no drain plug in the torque converter, others say there is.
Has anyone done this and know what the actual amount should be? I have been going around in circles for the last few hours trying to find a proper answer. Thanks
