Ale Member 249 Member For: 13y 2m 23d Posted 14/12/11 10:35 AM Share Posted 14/12/11 10:35 AM I got 12 quart bottles of Mercon SP XT6QSP coming from the US, shame sh*t Ford will stick in your box. All up cost $222 delivered, so roughly $20/L for the genuine sh*t.Link to website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPOOLAX Skids? Donating Members 975 Member For: 15y 6m 10d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 14/12/11 10:44 AM Share Posted 14/12/11 10:44 AM I have used gulf wester oil in my ZF aswell as a few other mates and they stuff is tops and cheap aswell we all noticed a diffrence straight away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helbz Member 176 Member For: 13y 7m 7d Posted 14/12/11 11:15 AM Share Posted 14/12/11 11:15 AM Instead of making a new thread I thought I would just post my experience here.I had my ZF auto serviced at Herrod Automotive and they did the Steel pan, genuine ZF oil, etc and I have to say im happy with it all.I thought I would get the service done as the car is at 57k and the auto was starting to feel a little weird, especially with anything below operating temperature.Now the car seems to feel much more responsive, and changes much smoother, pretty much like new.The cost for the Oil, steel pan, filter, bolts, and labor was $680. Its a small price to pay for the peace of mind I have now and the difference it has madeHeres a sample of the oil that came out of it...For that price including the metal pan, the torx bolts oil and labour it would have only been a service flush, and the torque convertor would not have been flushed and still had old oil in the box, kinda pointless reallyI am also running Gulf Western and have done 7000km's and it's great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 16/12/11 11:26 PM Share Posted 16/12/11 11:26 PM I just now got back from getting my trans serviced by a ZF agent (Eastern Automatics. The only NZ ZF agent) and I got the same as above plus the plastic fitting at the back of the box was leaking so he replaced that as well and it cost $720.00. Next change I will get a 20L of gulf western syntrans for $265 and a genuine filter for $100. I think I will get about 4 changes out of the 20L so not overly worried about the oil in the torque converter. The guy doing the job said the old oil smelt ok and the properties seemed in tact and is not the worst he's seen...Kind of surprised the ZF agent doesn't power flush... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 3m 1d Gender: Male Posted 17/12/11 05:14 AM Share Posted 17/12/11 05:14 AM So far I haven't got above 60k's in it but it feels fine, I will try to do a few WOT 3rd to 4th changes this weekend to compare the slip with the Transmax.How did you go with WOT 3rd to 4th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICFORD Member 84 Member For: 13y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 20/12/11 05:23 AM Share Posted 20/12/11 05:23 AM I think I need to dump the transmax z, my trans is acting really wierd when cold.Might give Gulf Western a go. Do I need to replace the filter? Iv'e only done about 5000kms since its last service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 20/12/11 05:54 AM Share Posted 20/12/11 05:54 AM If it was me I wouldn't worry so much about the filter unless you have a high powered motor and a built trans but I would do a couple of successive fluid changes because you're changing to a different fluid, unless you are doing a power flush.If you have the metal pan you may as well do the filter on the second fluid change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1600dave Donating Members 872 Member For: 13y 10m 7d Posted 20/12/11 06:12 AM Share Posted 20/12/11 06:12 AM Yep filters don't cost much for steel pan anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICFORD Member 84 Member For: 13y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 20/12/11 06:33 AM Share Posted 20/12/11 06:33 AM Has anyone here had any issues using Gulf Western trans oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riptide Member 733 Member For: 13y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posted 20/12/11 06:57 AM Share Posted 20/12/11 06:57 AM It say's on the drum it's ZF approved. Haven't read any bad comments about it so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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