Mac0892 Member 72 Member For: 12y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/04/14 12:19 AM Author Share Posted 05/04/14 12:19 AM I changed the oil and filter. Flushed twice.How many Ks you done.roughly 125k on the odo. doubt it has ever been drained and changed. and not a fan of the "filled for life" ideamine took 1 liter, the ppl that did mine said they did it at the right temp too, under 40 degrees, I've read on AFF ppl saying it took 400-500ml, I'd be thinking they'll have problems with incorrect fluid level.I think it surpasses 55 degrees you have to let it cool down, which can be a hassle. has yours got the gw fluid or the ford supplied in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 13y 11m 7d Gender: Male Posted 05/04/14 09:19 AM Share Posted 05/04/14 09:19 AM I think u quoted me not arronm lol but anyway mine has the expensive lifeguard stuff, had a service 18 months ago so was still nice and clean, wasn't any point doing anything more then a top up. Guys at the shop I went to had mine on the hoist most the day so it was nice and cool once they topped it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/04/14 09:32 AM Share Posted 05/04/14 09:32 AM roughly 125k on the odo. doubt it has ever been drained and changed. and not a fan of the "filled for life" ideaI think it surpasses 55 degrees you have to let it cool down, which can be a hassle. has yours got the gw fluid or the ford supplied in it?Our car only had 70000k on it. Oil was a bit dirty but not bad.. I dropped oil, changed filter, new PWR heat exchanger, and re-filled with gulf western. Then 1000ks and dropped the oil again.Will do it again at 100000ks. Oil is cheap and the job doesnt take long. After than I will do it every 50000ksI would change yours when you get the cooler put on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 3m 11d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 05/04/14 10:25 AM Share Posted 05/04/14 10:25 AM nice install on that cooler with the 25mm aluminium angle and the tek screws. Wonder if they are zinc plated or gal screws? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac0892 Member 72 Member For: 12y 2m 1d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 05/04/14 11:41 AM Author Share Posted 05/04/14 11:41 AM @arronm that's what I was considering doing aswell considering I'll be messing around under there. least the filter and gulf western oil is cheap compared to the lifeguardalso, bit off the topic but the diff fluid. anyone changed that and put in some after market stuff at all? thinking of doing that roughly at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/04/14 11:50 AM Share Posted 05/04/14 11:50 AM (edited) Yeh takes about 2L. I use a fully synthetic castrol SAF- XA or similar. Make sure its fully synthetic. The gears really shear the oil. With this oil, no additive is needed.Use one of these to help get the oil in Edited 05/04/14 11:55 AM by arronm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecaBoy Donating Members 203 Member For: 15y 10m 13d Posted 17/04/14 04:06 AM Share Posted 17/04/14 04:06 AM for those that got a PWR one installed, how much are you getting charged for the installation?the quote I got was quite unexpected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vxr50t Member 134 Member For: 11y 8m 4d Posted 17/04/14 05:35 AM Share Posted 17/04/14 05:35 AM (edited) I got my PWR kit fitted at CMS the other day along with a BMW pan and flush for $500 with Gulf Western fluid. I supplied the parts.Gotta admit pretty happy with the outcome although I have noticed it takes a bit longer to warm up the ZF from cold start Edited 17/04/14 05:36 AM by vxr50t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 17/04/14 06:57 AM Share Posted 17/04/14 06:57 AM for those that got a PWR one installed, how much are you getting charged for the installation?the quote I got was quite unexpected.I did mine myself. $130 for 20L of gulfwesten and 50 for a filter. And of course the cost of the PWR unit.Its quite an easy job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandblightfoot Member 183 Member For: 11y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 17/04/14 09:14 AM Share Posted 17/04/14 09:14 AM Quite easy to install yourself you shouldn't lose much fluid just pre fill the pwr unit before final fitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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