Transmission filter change?

[GeoffCee]

Today I made a 100 mile trip by car to a UK Can-Am dealer to pick up filter(s) for an oil change.
When I was supplied with only an engine oil filter I asked for a transmission filter, too, believing both should be changed at the same time.
A few seconds on the computer and I was given the news that this dealer had never sold one!
Is it OK to run the transmission filter without regularly replacing it?

 

[billybovine]

Today I made a 100 mile trip by car to a UK Can-Am dealer to pick up filter(s) for an oil change.
When I was supplied with only an engine oil filter I asked for a transmission filter, too, believing both should be changed at the same time.
A few seconds on the computer and I was given the news that this dealer had never sold one!
Is it OK to run the transmission filter without regularly replacing it?

The current recommendation is to change both filters at the same time. Your 2011 came with a short filter and now requires a longer filter and a new cap to fit. This is as of mid 2012. BRP has been supplying the trans filter as a kit with the new cap.

 

[Jeriatric]

No! It should be changed at equal intervals.

 

[szohar]

Change

Same oil same interval

 

[NancysToy]

Sorry to hear your dealer is a flake, and cannot read a simple maintenance schedule. Both sould be changed at the same time, as was said. As was also said, the new trans filter is longer, and requires a new cap. These were supplied with the filter element for a while, but may need to be ordered separately now. The oil filter has also changed, and has been reinforced. The good news is that after you change the filters your oil change interval is increased. (4,600mi/7,500 km).

 

[billybovine]

Update schedule

Updated schedule copied from the 2013 owners manual.
Take note of the top 2 lines. Line 1 oil change and line 2 HCM filter change. (Transmission)

 

[Jeriatric]

At least dealer inconsistency is consistant - across the pond.:joke::roflblack:

 

[GeoffCee]

The current recommendation is to change both filters at the same time. Your 2011 came with a short filter and now requires a longer filter and a new cap to fit. This is as of mid 2012. BRP has been supplying the trans filter as a kit with the new cap.

So I was right, both should be changed at the same time!
My original dealer, the one I bought my RT SE5 from, is no longer a Can-Am dealer. He now sells electric bicycles!
Before he dropped trikes for bikes he changed my Spyder engine filter during a service to the new longer type which extended the milage between changes from 3,000 to 4,600. (From memory).
Dealers appear to make a good living on the backs of their clients but I want to cut the cost of ownership by taking on some jobs myself.


Thanks guys.