Coming up on doing my 1st drain and fill fluid change on my 2018 Ram. It has the ZF8 speed transmission. It's a "lifetime" fluid and Chrysler does not recommend a change interval. But that's another rabbit hole altogether.
Anyhow this is kind of a dumb question but here it goes. These trannys use the integrated filter/pan unit which are disposable and relatively expensive . I'm thinking of replacing with a Heavy-Duty Aluminum pan that has over 2 quart more capacity and in future would only need to change the filter.
Seems it would run cooler or take longer to come to temp. Is this a problem living in the frosty North? Another thing is the stock pans have several magnets inside. I realize I can get a drain plug magnet but that's not much magnetic surface area compared to the stock design. What do ya'll think?
Anyhow this is kind of a dumb question but here it goes. These trannys use the integrated filter/pan unit which are disposable and relatively expensive . I'm thinking of replacing with a Heavy-Duty Aluminum pan that has over 2 quart more capacity and in future would only need to change the filter.
Seems it would run cooler or take longer to come to temp. Is this a problem living in the frosty North? Another thing is the stock pans have several magnets inside. I realize I can get a drain plug magnet but that's not much magnetic surface area compared to the stock design. What do ya'll think?