Its no secret that the ford PTU's fail from bad engineering with regards to cooling and not holding very much fluid......
So I have a 2013 Taurus Police Interceptor Sedan with 186k on it. Its saving grace is that the PTU has a cooler and the state police have a great maint program. However this does not mean things cannot slip by every now and then.....
I drained the old hot unknown fluid out and it was the typical silver black color and smelled skunky. There is bold text in their TSB that says this is not an indicator of failure. I see the drivers side CV shaft are is damp, and the output shaft to the rear is also damp but the good news is there is no leaks or drips. I filled it with a sacrificial 75w-90 supertech fluid and drive 1 hour to heat it up and drained it again. The fluid came out equally as bad as the unknown fluid that was in there. The weather started to deteriorate and I decided to simply re-fill it with the correct 75w-140 mobil 1 and sealed it back up.
Is this good enough or should I continue changing it over and over again until it comes out clean?
So I have a 2013 Taurus Police Interceptor Sedan with 186k on it. Its saving grace is that the PTU has a cooler and the state police have a great maint program. However this does not mean things cannot slip by every now and then.....
I drained the old hot unknown fluid out and it was the typical silver black color and smelled skunky. There is bold text in their TSB that says this is not an indicator of failure. I see the drivers side CV shaft are is damp, and the output shaft to the rear is also damp but the good news is there is no leaks or drips. I filled it with a sacrificial 75w-90 supertech fluid and drive 1 hour to heat it up and drained it again. The fluid came out equally as bad as the unknown fluid that was in there. The weather started to deteriorate and I decided to simply re-fill it with the correct 75w-140 mobil 1 and sealed it back up.
Is this good enough or should I continue changing it over and over again until it comes out clean?