16 minute transmission fluid change

Nliiitend1 · Mar 1, 2010

And for those of you that don't know, the "FOMOCO" fluid that they're talking about is:

Motorcraft XT-M5-QS

I've been using this stuff since back in my Focus days, and I've found it pretty hard to beat as far as manual transaxle fluids go.

ALIEN3T · Mar 1, 2010

true meicalnissyen. I know fluids come with the pump. THe one i have for my scooters gear oil is going on like 20 years old. lol but i can sit right there and pump watch to see if it comes out. lol not ragging. We once used a tube, and a guiness bottle for a funel. I have apic somehwere! lol

What is the mainanence schedule fo rthe tranny in our cars?

leadf00t · Mar 2, 2010

Hank3 said:
Ahhh...gudentight.

Thats how I like my bolts & my women !!!

meicalnissyen · Mar 2, 2010

ALIEN3T said:
true meicalnissyen. I know fluids come with the pump. THe one i have for my scooters gear oil is going on like 20 years old. lol but i can sit right there and pump watch to see if it comes out. lol not ragging. We once used a tube, and a guiness bottle for a funel. I have apic somehwere! lol

What is the mainanence schedule fo rthe tranny in our cars?

Q30K

BUt I am a huge fan of the 500 mile initial change most of the actual wear of metal to metal moving parts occurs very early as the get aquainted, and knock off high spots

a magnetic plug, and an early change gets the resulting debris out of the system

meicalnissyen · Mar 2, 2010

Nliiitend1 said:
And for those of you that don't know, the "FOMOCO" fluid that they're talking about is:

Motorcraft XT-M5-QS

I've been using this stuff since back in my Focus days, and I've found it pretty hard to beat as far as manual transaxle fluids go.

YUP,
And strick was kind enough, over the phone,to fish that number out of the forum while i was standing at the ford part counter, getting dumb looks from the parts guy

17 and change per qt

Dunno if it is 2.5x as good as RP, or redline, but it does feel good

zx2man · Mar 7, 2010

any good place to pick up the magnetic drain plug?

spoolin_05 · Mar 8, 2010

im pretty sure the manual calls for 2.6 quarts, if you are just filling it with all 3 or untill it starts to pour out, you are over filling.

meicalnissyen · Mar 8, 2010

zx2man said:
any good place to pick up the magnetic drain plug?

Pepboys or Napa
But youll need the old one, thay can't match by model
or put a strong magnet on the head of the plug Not inside! outside

meicalnissyen · Mar 8, 2010

spoolin_05 said:
im pretty sure the manual calls for 2.6 quarts, if you are just filling it with all 3 or untill it starts to pour out, you are over filling.

Step 7 Fill the differential until the fluid starts draining back out of the hole.

spoolin_05 · Mar 8, 2010

meicalnissyen said:
Step 7 Fill the differential until the fluid starts draining back out of the hole.

where are you getting your steps from??

cudaman · Mar 8, 2010

You forgot step 8:

8. Drink a beer and call yourself a mechanic.

meicalnissyen · Mar 9, 2010

spoolin_05 said:
where are you getting your steps from??

the innanetz, that one came from some GM truck diff manual

but the principal is the same.

the fill port is placed so that you can't overfill it, the excess will just run out

spoolin_05 · Mar 9, 2010

meicalnissyen said:
the innanetz, that one came from some GM truck diff manual

but the principal is the same.

the fill port is placed so that you can't overfill it, the excess will just run out

lol, go read the mazda specs i know that normally every diff and tranny you just fill up till it runs out...but if you read the repair manual it says like 2.6 quarts or something ill post a screenshot of it if you want.

freeflyfreak · Mar 9, 2010

The correct allowable level of the transmission fluid is a range shown here from the shop manual.

HIGH full is "till it runs out", LOW full is "ABOUT 10mm below that level".
All that is presuming the car is level.
The 2.6 quarts is somewhere between those two and is really a number to give you an idea how much to buy, or how much to expect to put in.
It is not rocket science.

But like I said, make sure you can get the fill plug out BEFORE you drain.
It is not a "real" bolt, and is EASILY rounded off if it is in there tight and you are not careful.

guitarsoloist87 · Mar 10, 2010

I put mobil1 in. 75w90. It grinds now in 2nd and 3rd. Warm or cold. Getting factory s***.

meicalnissyen · Mar 10, 2010

freeflyfreak said:
The correct allowable level of the transmission fluid is a range shown here from the shop manual.

HIGH full is "till it runs out", LOW full is "ABOUT 10mm below that level".
All that is presuming the car is level.
The 2.6 quarts is somewhere between those two and is really a number to give you an idea how much to buy, or how much to expect to put in.
It is not rocket science.

But like I said, make sure you can get the fill plug out BEFORE you drain.
It is not a "real" bolt, and is EASILY rounded off if it is in there tight and you are not careful.

genau Recht

THANK you for the research

Hank3 · Mar 10, 2010

freeflyfreak said:
The correct allowable level of the transmission fluid is a range shown here from the shop manual.

HIGH full is "till it runs out", LOW full is "ABOUT 10mm below that level".
All that is presuming the car is level.
The 2.6 quarts is somewhere between those two and is really a number to give you an idea how much to buy, or how much to expect to put in.
It is not rocket science.

But like I said, make sure you can get the fill plug out BEFORE you drain.
It is not a "real" bolt, and is EASILY rounded off if it is in there tight and you are not careful.

Thanks for posting. So assuming you put in ~2.6 qts. There's no way to verify that you're between the high and low mark in the diagram is there? It's probably an educated guess? Or wait till it oozes out and then syphon a little bit more out?

spoolin_05 · Mar 10, 2010

what i did is i put about 2.5 and the stuck my finger in as a dipstic up to my first knuckle then proceded to pump from there..i actually probably put 2.8 in

freeflyfreak · Mar 10, 2010

Hank3 said:
Thanks for posting. So assuming you put in ~2.6 qts. There's no way to verify that you're between the high and low mark in the diagram is there? It's probably an educated guess? Or wait till it oozes out and then syphon a little bit more out?

You are making it way more complicated than it needs to be.

If you don't want to fill until it oozes out (what I and most people do), then your finger is your friend.........
It is not rocket science.
You are putting some lubricant in a hole.
A fill hole that is specifically designed in the side of the case.
It is designed that way so that it is virtually impossible to overfill if the car is level.
It would take an idiot, going out of his way to defeat the built in overfill protection, to **** this up.

meicalnissyen · Mar 10, 2010

freeflyfreak said:
You are making it way more complicated than it needs to be.

If you don't want to fill until it oozes out (what I and most people do), then your finger is your friend.........
It is not rocket science.
You are putting some lubricant in a hole.
A fill hole that is specifically designed in the side of the case.
It is designed that way so that it is virtually impossible to overfill if the car is level.
It would take an idiot, going out of his way to defeat the built in overfill protection, to **** this up.

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