PTU fluid change

[anthonylee337]

I have 18K miles on my SHO and was wondering about the lifetime fluid in the PTU. Is everyone getting this serviced and at what cost? My dealer didn't recommend it so from reading all the posts about getting this done now I'm confused!

 

[SHOdded]

Find a BG shop near you:
http://www.bgfindashop.com/locator/index.php

You are looking for someone who does driveline service (the gear looking symbol).  A Ford dealer and a Honda dealer are listed in the Slidell area, for instance, not sure what's close to you.

 

[southtxSHO]

I need to do this before I install the meth kit

 

[jtoddk98]

Just do a drain and fill, if your local dealer won't do it, then find a trusted mom and pop place. My dealer charged me $60 to do it


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[peppelepugh]

Find a BG shop near you:
http://www.bgfindashop.com/locator/index.php

You are looking for someone who does driveline service (the gear looking symbol).  A Ford dealer and a Honda dealer are listed in the Slidell area, for instance, not sure what's close to you.

So more or less, this is an easier solution if you can't do it yourself and your stealership won't do it for you? I was looking at calling a local mom/pop shop to have this done in the next couple weeks.

Also, I talked to someone about this who owned a flex. He said he did the following steps:
1. Put his car up on the lift.
2. Drained what fluid he could.
3. Back filled the PTU with E-85
4. Put the car in gear (idle only) just enough to get things moving/spinning.
5. Repeat process 2-3 times
6. top back off with gear oil

Thoughts anyone on this?

 

[SHOdded]

Only reason I would not use anything but PTU fluid for "cleaning" the gears would be to prevent cross-contamination.  The BG service is a good service if you can get it done, otherwise the steps listed (including rowing through the gears while at idle & parking brake on) are fine.  The HOWTO gives you a bit more information (for 2010-12):
http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,1706.0.html

 

[donky4444]

Thanks for the link for BG service centers.  I found one less than 10 miles from my house and they quoted me at $160 to service it.  I'll have to get this done before going back to the strip this spring.  55k miles on the factory fluid and the last 20k of that has been tuned with my heavy foot so I know its time.

 

[SHOdded]

Good luck, it may net you a tenth or more!  Did you get a quote for the RDU?

 

[donky4444]

Good luck, it may net you a tenth or more!  Did you get a quote for the RDU?

No, I had the dealership do a trans flush and RDU last summer right before I went to the 4X tune and 3 Bar.

 

[IHeartGroceries]

You better be damn sure you're flushing out your solvent . Solvents reduce a lubricants ability to lubricate. But I don't know how well the solvent is actually removing deposits, just by filling and rotating gears a few times...

I wouldn't necessarily be hesitant to use ethanol. But, I think it might be wise to run a flush fill of gear oil for perhaps a few miles. And THEN go back with your final fill.

 

[peppelepugh]

I'm thinking the BG service is the way to go then for me!

 

[jtoddk98]

I was charged $170 for the RDU flush in January. I opted to just do a drain and fill for the PTU since I plan on changing it pretty often, only $59. Next up is a transmission drain and fill


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[SHOdded]

Looking forward to updates from you all, hope it goes well, and think about pulling samples for Blackstone analysis

 

[QuickSilver]

Ive got 40K tuned heavy footed miles on my XSport and I've noticed in the last few thousand under deccel coasting up to a light I can hear a teeny bit of gear noise/whine.  Now I've heard  the 14's are water cooled to the PTU? so I thought they were less prone to overheat/ fluid turning to paste we've seen here but not sure.  I have two quarts of the Redline 140 sitting in my garage, I guess it's probably about time to crack the seal on those eh?

 

[IHeartGroceries]

Speaking of, I can't find that thread with the member here who posted an analysis on his PTU oil. I recall Blackstone confessing it was rife with unidentifiable solids.

 

[r1crusher]

Yup...I believe the word "chunky" was used and a material of an unknown type.

 

[SHOdded]

Speaking of, I can't find that thread with the member here who posted an analysis on his PTU oil. I recall Blackstone confessing it was rife with unidentifiable solids.

You mean this from Justin?
http://www.ecoboostperformanceforum.com/index.php/topic,4341

 

[IHeartGroceries]

Haha! That's the one. Yes, chunks. I'm not certain which is more concerning - the solids themselves or the fact that the lab can't even identify them!

 

[SHOdded]

Let's call it PTU Poop and leave it at that   Probably would need to run these solids through a chromatograph/spectrum analyzer, which would be forensics way beyond the $25 offering.

 

[ajpturbo]

I had my poop forensically analyzed once and they said my chunks were just a cross contamination of corn but there were no solids present