[DeTomaso] Have you checked your ZF juice lately?

[thomas]

Ah, ok. 😄

> 10 maj 2014 kl. 21:04 skrev Charles McCall <charlesmccall at gmail.com>:
> 
> 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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