Pete A Member 442 Member For: 16y 21d Gender: Male Location: Castle Hill NSW Posted 31/01/11 03:20 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 03:20 AM Hey guys,Going in for 30K service Wednesday and I've noticed the ZF doing a couple of strange things. Anyone else had these problems. They are not bad, but certainly not ther 6 months ago.1. It's starting to surge slightly when coming to a stop and it slips into 1st gear. Not bad but very slowly getting worse. I've seen the forums about bad surging before which sounds a lot worse than I've got.2.When cold and starting to roll forward out of the garage, the tranny seems to stutter in and out of action for the first 10-15 seconds. After that it's fine. 3. If I'm facing up a fairly steep driveway and I slowly creep up the drive and release the accelerator, it disengages 1st nad rolls back until I break or hit the accelerator slightly (did I read somewhere that they are designed to do this? I think it's dangerous if you're not used to it) 4. Lastly sometimes pulling up to a stop and moving away quickly, it doesn't think to engauge 1st gear before I accelerate, then all of a sudden takes 1st. This only happens occasionally and again mainly when cold.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
power_slide Hitting the apex Donating Members 596 Member For: 16y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: Miranda Posted 31/01/11 03:25 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 03:25 AM Oil change will fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_4.0 Member 1,096 Member For: 13y 11m 5d Posted 31/01/11 04:10 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 04:10 AM Sounds like an oil issue. Get it serviced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo6FG Silver Donating Members 497 Member For: 14y 9m 22d Gender: Male Posted 31/01/11 05:55 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 05:55 AM Mine's doing that & I've only done 20,000 kms. Apparently just an oil change will fix it but I'm getting a rebuild too (just to be on the safe side with my current power level).Ford don't seem to think the trans fluid needs changing at all. I'd hate to see one that'd done 80,000 on the original stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 4m 5d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 31/01/11 06:06 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 06:06 AM mine started having intermitent issues manually down changing from 3rd to 2nd at 25000ks with 300+ rwkw.Flush,change of filter and some Transmax Z good as new. Change mine every 15-20 ks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benji_vs Donating Members 403 Member For: 16y 7m 17d Gender: Male Location: East Suburbs Melbourne Posted 31/01/11 07:03 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 07:03 AM Mine's doing that & I've only done 20,000 kms. Apparently just an oil change will fix it but I'm getting a rebuild too (just to be on the safe side with my current power level).Ford don't seem to think the trans fluid needs changing at all. I'd hate to see one that'd done 80,000 on the original stuff. Mine has done 115,000k's and it seems fine on the original oil (I think), it all comes down to how you treat it and the how much power is running through it.I will agree with you in saying that it will probably be a good idea to get it serviced though. Like anything mechanical its bound to fail sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 4m 5d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 31/01/11 07:08 AM Share Posted 31/01/11 07:08 AM prevention is better than cure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete A Member 442 Member For: 16y 21d Gender: Male Location: Castle Hill NSW Posted 01/02/11 12:58 AM Author Share Posted 01/02/11 12:58 AM Thanks guys, I'll tell them to change the oil. I don't drive it hard (unfortunatly)Let's see if they do it under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
power_slide Hitting the apex Donating Members 596 Member For: 16y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: Miranda Posted 01/02/11 01:02 AM Share Posted 01/02/11 01:02 AM mate you may even find it just needs a bit more fluid, when the level drops from checking the oil it does this kind of thing alsoid top it up with what ever ford uses on a level ground so its spilling right out when you plug it back up and if that's no good get a new pan and fill it with transmax z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 01/02/11 07:25 AM Share Posted 01/02/11 07:25 AM (edited) I though mine was short shifting between second a third the other day (in performance mode) but I think it was just the heat. Took it out at night in cooler conditions and it shifted fine. Given mine has been tuned, I'll change the fluid at some point but the car has only done 7000k's. As a side, how many have had the 'fart' (torque cut) tuned out? Most don't recommend as it keeps full torque up its arse whilst attempting to shift cogs. Mine seems to flutter a bit more whilst selecting 3rd post tune, but still swaps cogs quickly. My tuner wanted to keep it which I agreed with. I think from memory it may not cut 1st to 2nd but not sure. Edited 01/02/11 07:26 AM by bomber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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