[DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
Charles McCall
charlesmccall at gmail.com
Sat May 10 15:04:26 EDT 2014
No, I'm not saying that. Maybe I should be more clear.
I drained the ZF.
I put the plug back in.
I filled the ZF with new oil
I poured the old oil in the new oil bottles, and found that I only filled
2,5 bottles, indicating that I only had 2,5 liters of oil in there before
-----Original Message-----
From: thomas [mailto:thomas at hax.se]
Sent: sábado, 10 de mayo de 2014 21:01
To: Charles McCall
Cc: <detomaso at poca.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?
Are you saying you filled up the ZF as opposed to replacing the oil?
Thomas
> 10 maj 2014 kl. 19:42 skrev Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:
>
> When was the last time you checked the level of the oil in your ZF?
>
>
> I check my engine oil regularly, and my coolant level. But I have to
> admit that I don't check the level of the oil in my ZF, well, at all
> between changes.
>
>
> I'm doing spring maintenance, as next weekend there is a Supercar event
> 4 hours away that I'll be attending, and in less than 2 months there's
> a week-long car tour before Le Mans Classic, a long ways from home.
>
>
> To be honest, I don't remember when I last changed the oil in my
> gearbox, but I know it was not last year. Possibly not the previous
> year either. Let's just say it's been a while.
>
>
> Anyway, I bought 3 liters of oil. I filled the gearbox with the 3
> liters and it hasn't yet begun to dribble out the hole, indicating that
> it isn't full yet. Wondering how much would be left over in the oil
> drain pan, I went to fill up the three empty liter containers, but the
> third container only took about half - indicating that I've been
> driving around with 2,5 liters in the ZF for who-knows-how-long.
>
>
> With all the horror stories about how expensive ZF repairs are, this is
> pretty silly on my part. Anyone else that hasn't checked their oil
> level and is driving around fat, dumb, and happy while quietly doing
> ungood things to their 'box?
>
>
> Something to think about...
>
>
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