Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 3m 4d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 25/12/12 05:44 AM Share Posted 25/12/12 05:44 AM You'd be best to get it into a fraud service department ASAP.. So the coolant inside the reservoir was milky? It didn't just looked milky on the outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg6et Member 27 Member For: 12y 5m 3d Posted 25/12/12 05:45 AM Author Share Posted 25/12/12 05:45 AM Please I hope so!! Farkk what a great Christmas :(Do I dare ask what a rough price to get this fixed is?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg6et Member 27 Member For: 12y 5m 3d Posted 25/12/12 05:47 AM Author Share Posted 25/12/12 05:47 AM Nope I put my finger in the coolant reservoir and its definitely milky. Keeping in mind it was only serviced last week which had nice clean coolant put in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 25/12/12 06:11 AM Share Posted 25/12/12 06:11 AM A new zf from ford is +$6000.....Look at a decent place to rebuild it like cms,xft,monster torque,nizpro etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaton Donating Members 537 Member For: 12y 2m 8d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/12/12 06:15 AM Share Posted 25/12/12 06:15 AM Oh no, that's the worst Xmas present ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR1 Member 4 Member For: 13y 4m 19d Posted 25/12/12 06:30 AM Share Posted 25/12/12 06:30 AM If you have a Haven't there been cases of ford replacing the ZF outside warranty periods due to the milkshake?Ford only tend to help outside of warranty when the car has a full FORD service history and the warranty has only recently run out. You would also have to shout pretty loud - your average dealership would see it as a pay day - contacting Ford directly about the issue (through the customer relationship centre or in writing) is probably the best way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 14d Gender: Male Posted 25/12/12 06:30 AM Share Posted 25/12/12 06:30 AM If if is a milkshaked auto... You are up for a few dollars.. Good luck with it All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg6et Member 27 Member For: 12y 5m 3d Posted 25/12/12 07:04 AM Author Share Posted 25/12/12 07:04 AM Cheers guys, ill keep yas posted!Spoke to a friend of mine who is a mechanic n ill try suss it all out tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 2m Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 25/12/12 07:06 AM Share Posted 25/12/12 07:06 AM Sorry champ was hoping it wasnt the case. This has made it a definite purchase of a extended warranty for me when my factory warranty runs out in March. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrg6et Member 27 Member For: 12y 5m 3d Posted 25/12/12 09:18 AM Author Share Posted 25/12/12 09:18 AM So now the question is, if my car is stuck in lilydale and I have to get it towed tomorrow should I take it ford and get ripped off or should I try find a transmission specialist?? Any ideas/contacts would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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