I did a quick search, but didn't see where anyone had talked about this.
I just purchased a 2011 Ford Escape AWD in SC (no rust) for my sister-in-law up in WI.
I'm doing some maintenance stuff on it before driving it up to WI for her. About 132k miles on it. 3.0L V-6.
I was going to change the transfer case fluid (only holds about 12 ounces, I guess). There is no drain plug!
There is a fill plug on the side, but no drain on the bottom.
There are YT videos of people changing the fluid in 2009's, etc. You can see on my case where the drain plug used to be (for example on the 2009 in the video), but they apparently made a production change and eliminated the drain plug.
Really, Ford engineers? Really?
(Side note: full syn 75W140 Motorcraft gear oil from a Ford dealer is $30.59 MSRP per quart! That is liquid gold!)
I just purchased a 2011 Ford Escape AWD in SC (no rust) for my sister-in-law up in WI.
I'm doing some maintenance stuff on it before driving it up to WI for her. About 132k miles on it. 3.0L V-6.
I was going to change the transfer case fluid (only holds about 12 ounces, I guess). There is no drain plug!
There is a fill plug on the side, but no drain on the bottom.
There are YT videos of people changing the fluid in 2009's, etc. You can see on my case where the drain plug used to be (for example on the 2009 in the video), but they apparently made a production change and eliminated the drain plug.
Really, Ford engineers? Really?
(Side note: full syn 75W140 Motorcraft gear oil from a Ford dealer is $30.59 MSRP per quart! That is liquid gold!)