Zf Oil Change

[qik1]

yeah your better off not mixing oils, initially it takes abit more because you can never get all the oil out of the converter. It costs abit the first time but you should be right after that. you drain as much as you can, fill, drain & refill with short runs between the flush to get as much out as possible. There may be another way but that's what we did for a mate of mine & because I had a 20l drum just lying around. The penrite oil made it do funny things but after the change to transmax z all is well.

[mjadeb1984]

sounds good mate cheers for that. sorry a few more questions.

how much for transmax?

how much do you think id use flushing it?

and wheres the best place to get it?

thanks fpr the answers on a hijacked post.

[qik1]

I'd buy a 20L drum for the first time & what you have any left over just put it towards the next service. dont be surprised if you use up to 15ltr but it just depends how much you can get out of the converter first time round. My theory is your better off using abit more & making sure its all out & done properly rather than skimping & it costing you an rebuild. Obviously you'll need a drum pump as well but that's nothing major. I think there between 220 - 250 retail I think. Im pretty sure BP reliance are the wholesale agents for them.

[Trough Lolly]

Qik1,

re: getting the oil from the convertor, is there more to this than just dropping the pan/sump and letting the oil slowly gravity feed? or do u need to seperate box from engine to drain convertor?

if possibly can u give me a full run-down on the process of a Full flush and replacement with transmax-Z??

with some good instructions this could be made a sticky post.

Was just talking to the peanuts at ford, who first told me it takes 3 days to service a ZF 6spd, but then they said u need to have the car running and using the scantool, monitor gearbox temps and cycle the gearbox through different gear modes to fill everything properly... They then told me they've done 2, yes 2 of these box's since the BF's release

Any help would be great as if its not to much stuffin about ill do it myself on a mates hoist.

[winter bft]

+1 for the procedure...I agree to making it a sticky thread if the detail is good.

[F6turbo]

The oil in the convertor wont come out if you just take the sump off. I wouldnt be taking it apart if you dont know what you are doing. If you cant find a 20L drum, 4L from supercheapauto is about $75 I just got two of these.

What you can do is take the sump off to get all the fluid out of there, put it back on and fill it up. After 5 mins or so of idling take the sump off again and drain fluid, repeat process until you are satisfied with the colour of the oil. Tranzmax Z is green btw. The first time I did mine I only get 3.5 odd L in there mixed with the old stuff and could feel an improvement immediately.

[sexual harrassment panda]

I used an oil penrite used to recommend - I now have an email from penrite saying don't use it but the SIN ATF is all good

I chose transmaxZ and haven't looked back

Also try a pm to site sponsor HIRO for zf sump/filter

[Guest Slash]

Penrite have since said DONT use their oil on ZF 6 speed and the ZF factory oil is average and only just makes the grade on a STD box. Everyone I know now uses Castrol TransmaxZ and swear by it.

Use whatever you feel comfortable with as everyone has their own Ideas just like I have mine. Ive seen probably more than 50 ~75 of these box's stripped now and you can pick which oil was used in them just by looking at the wear!!!

Greg is the man!

Whatever he says in regards to servicing your zf, take it as gospel

[qik1]

that's it deano, the stuff that ive done has indirectly come from greg so he's better off if he hasn't already putting something down.

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

Penrite have since said DONT use their oil on ZF 6 speed

They have said that about their DX-VI, but they say the new SIN-ATF is suitable.