djambalawa
26th May 2019, 12:48 PM
Hi - I'm getting the gearbox reporting "transmission fault limited gears available" but not all the time. If I drive gently it will mostly go ok and fairly smoothly up and down the gears - if I give it a bit of a squirt then the transmission will usually eradically jerk up and down gears and I'll eventually get that fault message - along with an "F" on the dash where the gear number is normally shown if you're selecting manually. I can drive for an hour or so without the fault if I drive gently - but not always.
I changed the oil (not a full flush) and pan etc the other day - but not sure if it was better before then - it was a bit hard to tell as I had a split intercooler hose taped up that kept blowing off the tape - so wasn't really testing it before hand. New hose arrived now and engine runs well.
But I did use a non genuine oil the ZF retailer (not ZF themselves- motospec) recommended as it was half the price of the original ($200 for 10l instead of $400). They convinced me it would perform the same.. they sold both and were a transmission place that supported ZF...
Did I muck up using a different oil? Any other suggestions?
I changed the oil (not a full flush) and pan etc the other day - but not sure if it was better before then - it was a bit hard to tell as I had a split intercooler hose taped up that kept blowing off the tape - so wasn't really testing it before hand. New hose arrived now and engine runs well.
But I did use a non genuine oil the ZF retailer (not ZF themselves- motospec) recommended as it was half the price of the original ($200 for 10l instead of $400). They convinced me it would perform the same.. they sold both and were a transmission place that supported ZF...
Did I muck up using a different oil? Any other suggestions?