Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 8m 9d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 31/05/11 10:09 PM Share Posted 31/05/11 10:09 PM Proper workshops for auto trans have a flush machine that cycles the old fluid out, the other way is to drain fill run empty drain fill run empty and so on till its clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robos F6 Donating Members 407 Member For: 15y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 01/06/11 11:01 AM Share Posted 01/06/11 11:01 AM I actually just came on to post this issue with mine. I went away for 2 weeks and car was not driven in that time. I moved it to notice an oil patch in my garage. I got under my car and noticed it was leaking from the same spot as mentioned above. Could not tighten the bolts up any futher with an allen key it just kept slipping. I have since moved my car and it has not leaked for the past 3 days. SHould it sitting there undriven cause this?Ford Dealer has wiped my gearbox out in the past driving into thier workshop and replaced gasket 30 000k's ago.Any suggestions?Sorry to steal your thread alsothat's exactly the same as me. I came home after a 2 week trip to only find a large patch of oil coming out the drivers side. Jacked it up today and could only find the sump plug a little loose. Will get some torx bits tomorrow and try them but they all seemed relative tight. At no other point have I ever had any oil in my garage, weird. Yes it does have a after market pan on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 03/06/11 09:10 AM Author Share Posted 03/06/11 09:10 AM Since working out of town my car has sat for 5 or 6 days at a time. After tightening pan and leaving it sit no leaks. Just took it for drive and have no leaks. Temps as normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robos F6 Donating Members 407 Member For: 15y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 03/06/11 03:29 PM Share Posted 03/06/11 03:29 PM It must be something to do with the sitting of the vehicle and all of the oil leaking to the pan after a pro-long period. Me too, checked it a few times and not one drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 04/06/11 01:06 AM Author Share Posted 04/06/11 01:06 AM Car sat from Sunday till Friday night. Drove it down road last night to get dinner and no leaks. Drive it today to do some shopping and 10 mins after getting home has a 50cent peice sized pool of fluid. Reckon I have a dodgy gasket that weeps after temp cycles cold-hot-cold-hot a bit.Rang local Ford service and they gave estimate of $320 for a service without pan (which I have got a spare), May book that in next week sometime to get done.Last thing I needed after having most bits for my tune waiting to go. Better safe then sorry though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Donating Members 5,919 Member For: 14y 11m 2d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 04/06/11 01:39 AM Share Posted 04/06/11 01:39 AM where did you get the pan mate? is motorspecs still the cheapest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 04/06/11 01:56 AM Author Share Posted 04/06/11 01:56 AM Good mate had a un-used spare he is letting me have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atto666 Member 35 Member For: 17y 6m 1d Gender: Male Location: liverpool, sydney Posted 09/06/11 06:48 AM Share Posted 09/06/11 06:48 AM could possibly be leaking from where the wiring harness enters the case, ford call it a guide sleeve, has '3' totally useless o'rings on it, must be made to leak.its pretty common, having seen it on many, many cars, and comes from the drivers side of the rear of the box, and can often easily be mistaken for a loose/leaking pan.bad news is there is a special retaining fork that secures it in please, which is only accesible (of friggin course) by removed the pan. typical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 09/06/11 07:34 AM Author Share Posted 09/06/11 07:34 AM was first place I checked. totally dry there. leak was fixed by ford today. cost $316 to put new pan on (I supplied), reuse oil and top off with 1L of genuine fluid ($59.50l). They also flashed latest software onto it. hopefully no more leaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stazza_Brendan Donating Members 686 Member For: 14y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: Mackay QLD Posted 17/06/11 08:20 AM Author Share Posted 17/06/11 08:20 AM Just had look under car, leak has returned. Have to ring Ford tomorrow. Should there be a warranty on them fixing the leak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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