R ichard Member 75 Member For: 3y 10m 13d Posted 30/07/22 11:22 PM Share Posted 30/07/22 11:22 PM hay guys, so I had a same coolant leak that I couldn't find for the past week or 2 two, took it for a drive Friday night, got home parked it up and could smell the coolant burning on something hot so I took off the heat shield and sure enough it had a small leak on the copper washer on the water line on the turbo, so I thought id unload the cap for the overflow to release some pressure, once I did this it looked like oil went into the overflow bottle so I'm guessing the trans cooler has craped its self, heres hoping it happened after the car was turned off ( wishful thinking 🙃 ) car was driving perfect , will ring up ford and a few other places Monday and talk to them but what do you thinks think, is it worth getting them to flush out the coolant system and the ZF, or is it more than likely to late? Started to flush the Coolant system 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 27d Posted 31/07/22 12:08 AM Share Posted 31/07/22 12:08 AM ouch. Feel your pain brother. All the best with the diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R ichard Member 75 Member For: 3y 10m 13d Posted 31/07/22 11:17 PM Author Share Posted 31/07/22 11:17 PM cheers mate, rung a trans shop in town and he said its not even worth him touching it, reckons just get a new one FML lol can I swap a turbo ZF trans from a g6et into my fg xr6 turbo? found this one for sale https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car-parts-accessories/ford/gear-boxes/listing/3697074594 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,138 Member For: 16y 9m 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/08/22 12:35 AM Share Posted 01/08/22 12:35 AM of course you can use a G6ET trans in an XR6T they are the same gearbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R ichard Member 75 Member For: 3y 10m 13d Posted 01/08/22 12:38 AM Author Share Posted 01/08/22 12:38 AM Cheers k31th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,056 Member For: 9y 11m 16d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 01/08/22 01:24 AM Share Posted 01/08/22 01:24 AM Drop the oil in the trans and have a look before anything. I've had a trans cooler fail, made the coolant milky, I dropped the trans oil and it was fine, I had caught it in time. Cos I'm a tight arse I flushed my radiator and block with clothes washing powder, bought a new trans cooler, did an oil and filter change and it was sorted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 27d Posted 01/08/22 02:10 AM Share Posted 01/08/22 02:10 AM 46 minutes ago, Puffwagon said: Drop the oil in the trans and have a look before anything. I've had a trans cooler fail, made the coolant milky, I dropped the trans oil and it was fine, I had caught it in time. Lucky bastard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R ichard Member 75 Member For: 3y 10m 13d Posted 05/08/22 09:49 PM Author Share Posted 05/08/22 09:49 PM lol bet I wont be that lucky lol, should find out tomorrow, positive thoughts lol talked to ford, they said they can get me a new trans cooler for 700buxs 🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjtrbo Bronze Donating Members 320 Member For: 13y 11m 27d Posted 06/08/22 01:35 AM Share Posted 06/08/22 01:35 AM Lol, what a rip. Trade price on that is $253 incl. GST part number. 8R2Z-7A095-CD Which direction you going to go? Ford cooler or external? If external I have some ideas for you. 2CentsArseHoleOpinion, I don't have data but logic tells me to never release pressure from the coolant system like you did. It would be like striking every surface the coolant touches with a small hammer as the pressure is rapidly released and things collapse back to rest at atmospheric pressure. No facts to back that up, take it with a grain of salt. I work with industrial high pressure boilers so I have an appreciation of what potential damage can happen when pressure is rapidly decreased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R ichard Member 75 Member For: 3y 10m 13d Posted 06/08/22 07:40 AM Author Share Posted 06/08/22 07:40 AM yeah they nice guys but they are rip offs, tried charging me 1500 nzd to replace the water pump, the idler and also the tensioner ( cost me like 350buxs for the parts ) im always down for ideas mate, yeah I dono why id do that lol was only bubbleing from the coolant leak, im a dumb ass lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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