Thread: Zf steel pan

Originally Posted by loanrangie

No steel pan for an 8spd.

Correct, so moot point for 8spd

Did a coffee run to 711 to get the fluid up to temp and topped it off with about 700mls, dry as bone under there so i did ok with the pan gasket and torquing it down.

Originally Posted by DiscoJeffster

The main reason for the steel pan is so you can more easily service it. You can keep the pan and change the filter form the cost of a filter and gasket. The plastic filter/pan isn’t cheap and it’s throw away anytime you open the box.

Unless you have the steel pan like mine with no drain hole. Thanks TransmissionsRUs not.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Did a coffee run to 711 to get the fluid up to temp and topped it off with about 700mls, dry as bone under there so i did ok with the pan gasket and torquing it down.

Hmmm, the procedure is to idle the car, cycle through the gears with foot on brake whilst filling (2nd person required) and watching trans temp. Correct level is achievwd when trans is at 35deg C and fluid dribbles back out the fill hole. Dont want to over or underfill these units.

ZF level checking procedure for 6 speed.



Can be done by 1 person.

Originally Posted by Eric SDV6SE

Hmmm, the procedure is to idle the car, cycle through the gears with foot on brake whilst filling (2nd person required) and watching trans temp. Correct level is achievwd when trans is at 35deg C and fluid dribbles back out the fill hole. Dont want to over or underfill these units.

already did that, test drive then check level again.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

already did that, test drive then check level again.

Using the same procedure? - if not you will have too little oil in the gearbox as the engine needs to be running when oil level is checked.

Originally Posted by 101RRS

Using the same procedure? - if not you will have too much oil in the gearbox as the engine needs to be running when oil level is checked.

If the engine WASN’T running and the level was set, it would now have too little oil in it as it all settles in the sump with the engine off. I can normally add an additional 1-2L with the engine running after the initial static fill