Ctyjet Member 72 Member For: 13y 2m 2d Posted 11/08/13 09:41 AM Share Posted 11/08/13 09:41 AM I have a bf xr6 with a 6 speed zf trans.recently the trans has started hard shifting and jerking on shifts, its having different probkens in different modes. from 2nd to 3rd it makes a low vibrating sound in low revs in normal mode, if I switch it over to sports shift theres a low vibrating sound in 1st from 1500rpm to 2000rpm but no vibrating from second to 3rd. Sometimes it also seems like the revs drop a little while accelerating. just wanting to know if anyoe has had this issue and hats causing the problem, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatG6ET Bronze Donating Members 707 Member For: 12y 7m 10d Gender: Male Location: cherrybrook Posted 11/08/13 10:05 AM Share Posted 11/08/13 10:05 AM Check your coolant header tank under the bonnet Does the water look like a milkshake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsfgxr6turbo Member 388 Member For: 14y 11m 17d Posted 11/08/13 10:07 AM Share Posted 11/08/13 10:07 AM Do the xr8s milkshake too I have a mate with an xr8 and he isn't sure if he should upgrade his cooler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 29d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 11/08/13 11:34 AM Share Posted 11/08/13 11:34 AM Yeah same problem. All ZFs BF to FG have a heat exchanger setup that threatens to milkshake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 11/08/13 12:07 PM Share Posted 11/08/13 12:07 PM I like strawberry milkshakes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctyjet Member 72 Member For: 13y 2m 2d Posted 11/08/13 01:30 PM Author Share Posted 11/08/13 01:30 PM Already looked coolant is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsonian101 Donating Members 961 Member For: 16y 6m 28d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 12/08/13 12:39 AM Share Posted 12/08/13 12:39 AM How many kms and has the zf oil/pan filter ever been changed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctyjet Member 72 Member For: 13y 2m 2d Posted 12/08/13 07:39 AM Author Share Posted 12/08/13 07:39 AM Car has 160,000km on it, iv never had it changed but I have only had the car for abit over a year, previous owner serived the car regularly according to the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f6mark Member 2,908 Member For: 13y 11m 8d Gender: Male Posted 12/08/13 08:15 AM Share Posted 12/08/13 08:15 AM Chocolate milk shake but only Crunchy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6tForMe Donating Members 268 Member For: 11y 6m 24d Gender: Male Posted 12/08/13 11:19 AM Share Posted 12/08/13 11:19 AM (edited) They are supposed to be "sealed for life" but that seems to mean "sealed till they die".I have read that even ZF says they should be serviced at 100,000km of hard use. We had a ba that I changed fluid in at around 160,000km and the fluid was terrible. If I was you I would probably ask here (as you have done) and if I couldn't get s better answer, I would either1. Do a fluid change myselfOr2. Take it to a trans specialist. If you can do the fluid change yourself (and are prepared to try the Gulf Western syntrans oil) it is a relatively cheap way forward, but if the box is actually damaged is not going to fix it. I have just finished fitting a trans cooler to my ZF and did a fair amount of flushing through new gulf western syntrans.The oil coming out of my box at around 80000km looked pretty bad. I am glad it was changed at that point rathrrvthan twice the distance. I have only done a small amount of driving since the cooler and oil change and it seems fine.I decided to use the Gulf western Street trading another forum member had used it for 40000km and everything was fine as well as not reading anything that seemed to point to any problems using it. Edited 12/08/13 11:22 AM by xr6tForMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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