What have you done to your Ecoboosted vehicle today?

[bpd1151]

In all seriousness, you may want to overfill it by a 1/2 quart or so. Especially if you're drag stripping the car and/or engaged in the occassional street race out there yonder in Mexico or Canada somewhere.

***looks around innocently***

Whenever you launch from a dead stand still, that fluid will all slam to the back of the housing, and no bueno for the trans/converter being even momentarily out of, or what would be percieved as being low on, fluid.

Over filling it slightly will prevent long term damage. A trick I learned, and/or advice that was bestowed upon me years ago. A philosophy I've embraced every time I've performed this service on my SHO myself.

Speaks volumes for its' benefit given all the torture I've put mine through, throughout the years, and evidenced by my still completely functional OEM trans sitting at a crisp 78k on the clock as of this posting.

Hope the tidbit of info is beneficial.

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[SHOdded]

OEM trans and motorcraft LV IIRC.  I wonder if they put in Mercon V by mistake, SBS.

 

[StealBlueSHO]

OEM trans and motorcraft LV IIRC.  I wonder if they put in Mercon V by mistake, SBS.

After their new fluid I was disappointed in how the trans was performing overall. I actually called them and went back to the shop to verify what fluid they used.. it was a full synthetic transmission fluid "designed for all cars".. I can't remember the name but it's an affiliate of Shell. I was rather pissed because they told me they used OEM Motorcraft... not OEE. After that LMS recommended an extra 1/2 quart to alleviate some of the shifting issues I was seeing. Same advice that BPD just gave. That helped significantly...

This has been on my todo list for quite awhile but I think with the extra track time the fluid broke down enough it wasn't able to properly perform at the level I needed at an alarming rate.

Even with half of it gone my transmission is much more responsive and the trans temps stay below 200F... they would regularly climb over 205(recently saw 220F) while just driving down the highway with a small amount of traffic lights.

Just food for thought...




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[SHOdded]

It's not Spirax, I don't see Mercon LV in their fluid offerings
http://www.shell.com/promos/lubes/btb-products/spirax-product-range/_jcr_content.stream/1426852237071/7319f152dc01933a53a5dc8dce62ba73e6649b45dbbb98cf4fd68d4ad06b4196/shell-spirax-brochure.pdf

 

[StealBlueSHO]

It's not Spirax, I don't see Mercon LV in their fluid offerings
http://www.shell.com/promos/lubes/btb-products/spirax-product-range/_jcr_content.stream/1426852237071/7319f152dc01933a53a5dc8dce62ba73e6649b45dbbb98cf4fd68d4ad06b4196/shell-spirax-brochure.pdf

I have a thread on here where I mentioned the brand and parent company... I could have been wrong on Shell... I will need to look for it.

Been driving the SHO a lot and even with just one drain and fill at 5qts there is a significant improvement in shifting and temperature.... should have just raised hell and had them swap out the crap from the get go.


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[sholxgt]

Finally have power and Internet back.  Last week was rough.

Here's the Lincoln powering an inverter to run a pond fountain.  Managed to save all but one of my koi.

I waited in line for 4 hours at Lowe's and was able to buy a generator so the Lincoln was only on pond duty for a little over a day.

It's all cleaned up and shiny again now.  Getting all of that debris off without scratching the paint was a chore, but all good.

 

[8nutz8]

And there has got to be a way to drain the entire system at once...


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I'm curious about this as well. I'd really like to swap to amsoil trans fluid all in one shot.
I remember a thread somewhere where someone suggested(and maybe even did it) disconnecting one of the trans lines and running the car for a brief period to pump all the fluid out. IDK if i like the idea of running the trans empty like that though. I'll try and find the thread when i have some time.

 

[StealBlueSHO]

Brad did it... he has a thread somewhere about it...


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[ajpturbo]

If I did a thread about it I don't remember....But I wouldn't run it dry....I drained the pan, then refilled, then with the line disconnected start the engine and let it pump a qt or 2 out then shut the car off and refill the pan and do that 2 or 3 times.....So if you do it that way it's not really running the trans dry because there is always something in the pan for the pump to draw from.

However, after watching some videos I'm not even sure that was effective because the bypass valve probably wasn't open so I was likely just flushing out the pan and not the converter.

So now I'm just doing more frequent drain and fills.

 

[8nutz8]

If I did a thread about it I don't remember....But I wouldn't run it dry....I drained the pan, then refilled, then with the line disconnected start the engine and let it pump a qt or 2 out then shut the car off and refill the pan and do that 2 or 3 times.....So if you do it that way it's not really running the trans dry because there is always something in the pan for the pump to draw from.

However, after watching some videos I'm not even sure that was effective because the bypass valve probably wasn't open so I was likely just flushing out the pan and not the converter.

So now I'm just doing more frequent drain and fills.

ok that makes sense. did you run amsoil trans fluid in the sho brad?
haven't seen many post results. don't know if like the idea of slowly replacing the mercon with amsoil resulting in a mix.


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[ajpturbo]

I used Amsoil signature series low viscosity ATF or LV ATF it's the blue label.

I think the only downside to having mixed fluid is the fact that you can't use the Amsoil recommended drain interval because the fluid is not a complete fill but that fluid meets the Ford spec....BUt it uses the TRUE synthetic base stock like all the signature series oils....And it shows in the price that's for sure.

And every fluid I could change I used amsoil....Signature series oil and atf and gear oil for the ptu and RDU...Sever gear is the good stuff for their line of gear oils.

In this case I wouldn't worry about mixing as long as it's the proper fluid which it is....I think it would be like adding 93 octane gas to 87 octane fuel...Same stuff just better.

 

[ZSHO]

Finally have power and Internet back.  Last week was rough.

Here's the Lincoln powering an inverter to run a pond fountain.  Managed to save all but one of my koi.

I waited in line for 4 hours at Lowe's and was able to buy a generator so the Lincoln was only on pond duty for a little over a day.

It's all cleaned up and shiny again now.  Getting all of that debris off without scratching the paint was a chore, but all good.

Glad mother nature left you unscathed for the most part. Z

 

[SHOdded]

Glad mother nature left you unscathed for the most part. Z

X2, X3, X1000000

 

[SHOdded]

Brad did it... he has a thread somewhere about it...

Someone did it on their Edge, let me see if I can find the writeup
http://www.fordedgeforum.com/topic/2040-transmission-fluid-replace/page-3#entry168172

 

[polskifacet]

New SHOES in. 245 55 18 winters for the steelies

 

[SHOdded]

Ready for some wheelies and figure 8s!

 

[boosted4SHO]

Replaced the RECIRC motor/actuator behind the glove box. The OEM unit was popping when switching from fresh air to recirculation mode on the HVAC system. Install was easy and all is well now. Door is fully opening and closing as designed.

 

[SHOdded]

Nice to have climate control working properly!

 

[irondoor19]

Started Working on a 3 X 7" Fan Set (12VDC, 1100 CFM X 3 = 3300 CFM),
This Setup Will Be Front Mounted behind the Grill, Getting rid of the Heat Soak
for SURE. WAY Tired of Sitting in the Pits getting hot,  >
Will Be Powered from a Aux Jump Pack... pic's of the package later this week..

 

[SHOdded]

Sweet!