ZF 6HP26 Maintenance

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Originally Posted by garrycol

That will certainly work - I thought it was to get the temp in the box up above 35 and in the meantime head up the oil you are going to put in above 35 then drain the box and then top up with the warm oil until it just trickles out.

How much oil comes out with a basic change?? Buying a 20 litre drum seems to be the most cost effective way to buy the oil - works out a bit less than $30 a litre.

Garry

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From memory Garry about 5ltrs maximum, I baught 20ltrs with the pan & filter and still have about 4-5ltrs left after 3 changes. The problem is there is proberly another 3-4 ltrs still in the system, so if you can n ot do a megaflush the you just have to change it a couple of times, or pull one of the lines off and drain some and keep topping up. I wasnt interested in that method.

If I had my time again, I would only do the sump and pan change if your oil was black, if not I would just drop the oil and re-fill it.

Mine needed a good flush, so am happy I did the pan & filter, but personally I didnt feel much difference in the tranny, but really think it was the correct time to change it.

Cheers Ean

I am going to do a basic change at 72,000, 84,000km to just freshen up the oil. I will do a steel sump change and mega flush at 96,000km.

Thanks for the information.

Cheers

Garry

I did mine at 96000 and have to agree that it has not been as smooth since with a few rough changes now evident until it gets warm.

Hi Glynhouse,
Any chance of sending me a pm re details of your auto shop. They sound like they know their stuff.
Regards

Did mine at 89k at specialist tranny shop. No problems before and no difference after.

A auto does not have a traditional manual fly wheel. It has a traditional starter ring gear and has a piece of tinplate normally rivetted to the ring gear that is bolted the the rear crankshaft flange at the back of the engine. The Torque Converter is bolted to this piece of tinplate and the weight of the entire assembly acts the same as a flywheel. This piece of tinplate is called the flex plate because of its thin nature it can flex a little absorbing a few of the stresses in the system.

Garry

Most unlikely the cause for such a young vehicle.

Hi Guy's,

I did a transmission oil change around 10,000 k's go with Peter Davis and the oil which came out looked as the one which went in.

However he did not change the filter or pan is that required?

Does anyone have an idea where to purchase the metal pan?

Thanks a lot

Steve

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Originally Posted by Steve223

Hi Guy's,

I did a transmission oil change around 10,000 k's go with Peter Davis and the oil which came out looked as the one which went in.

However he did not change the filter or pan is that required?

Does anyone have an idea where to purchase the metal pan?

Thanks a lot

Steve

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ZF Aust in Sydney - the full kit is about $280.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG | Australia

Thanks bought two kits