I have a new 2013 F150 4x4 V6 SuperCab truck for work. I had it over the shop service pit looking it over and checking initial fills of everything. As usual, Ford underfills everything by about 8 ounces. Except the front axle. And I can't check the Mercon LV filled transmission now. It's dipstick-less now. I guess they feel their transmissions will NEVER leak fluid. Suppose I'll have to check using the drain/fill plugs or whatever they use now. Kinda poor on a work pickup. I can see it on a car people never even open the hood on...but this is a TRUCK.
The Ford owners manual calls for "Motorcraft Transfer Case Fluid" in electronic shift on the fly units. When I look at and smell the fluid it seems to be some version of red ATF still. Ford calls this stuff XL-12 for a part number. Anybody know if its still actually ATF V or LV? (Or even SP for that matter?) Being low I added about 8 ounces or more of Mercon SP. It was all I had on hand "Motorcraft". But now I'm concerned about mixing. But it definately made a huge difference in noise when placing in gear and low speed shift noise. It was pretty noisy.
And the front axle calls for 3.5 pints of "Motorcraft SAE 80W-90 Premium Rear Axle Lubricant" (for the front axle....LOL). Anyhow it's part number is XY-80W-90-QL (WSP-M2C197-A). I checked the fluid level and it came running out of the fill hole in the side of the differential housing. However...it looks like yellowish snot. Smells like gear oil...but looks NOTHING like I've ever seen before. The color reminds me of gear oil mixed with water. Milky looking. But it's never been in water...it's brand new. Anybody ever seen this color of gear lube?
The rear axle was about 8oz low. I added Mobil-1 synthetic gear lube to match the 75W-140 synthetic Motorcraft as best I could. That shouldn't hurt.
The Ford owners manual calls for "Motorcraft Transfer Case Fluid" in electronic shift on the fly units. When I look at and smell the fluid it seems to be some version of red ATF still. Ford calls this stuff XL-12 for a part number. Anybody know if its still actually ATF V or LV? (Or even SP for that matter?) Being low I added about 8 ounces or more of Mercon SP. It was all I had on hand "Motorcraft". But now I'm concerned about mixing. But it definately made a huge difference in noise when placing in gear and low speed shift noise. It was pretty noisy.
And the front axle calls for 3.5 pints of "Motorcraft SAE 80W-90 Premium Rear Axle Lubricant" (for the front axle....LOL). Anyhow it's part number is XY-80W-90-QL (WSP-M2C197-A). I checked the fluid level and it came running out of the fill hole in the side of the differential housing. However...it looks like yellowish snot. Smells like gear oil...but looks NOTHING like I've ever seen before. The color reminds me of gear oil mixed with water. Milky looking. But it's never been in water...it's brand new. Anybody ever seen this color of gear lube?
The rear axle was about 8oz low. I added Mobil-1 synthetic gear lube to match the 75W-140 synthetic Motorcraft as best I could. That shouldn't hurt.