Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 11y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/03/14 11:55 AM Share Posted 05/03/14 11:55 AM (edited) After replacing my zf with another one after I fully fried 4th I decided to pull the old one apart to see what was going on. This zf had been running syntrans for over a year and it copped a lot of abuse. Everything looked perfect, all the clutches except e clutches looked perfect with plenty of meat on them. I've heard a lot of people saying any oil other than genuine will glaze the clutches, but there was no sign of glazing on any of the clutches or steels at all. Maybe I was lucky but I believe syntrans is perfectly suitable for the zf.Should also ad that 4th gear was slipping before using syntrans and was much better after switching to syntrans Edited 05/03/14 12:06 PM by Roley94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 10y 9m 22d Gender: Male Posted 05/03/14 12:32 PM Share Posted 05/03/14 12:32 PM I too am a little skeptical about non genuine oil in these boxes. That said, I'd still buy the most expensive brand stuff in the shop first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roley94 Member 114 Member For: 11y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/03/14 12:53 PM Author Share Posted 05/03/14 12:53 PM There will always be a bit of doubt in other fluids even if theyve worked great for others, there is piece of mind in genuine fluid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 10y 9m 22d Gender: Male Posted 06/03/14 12:17 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 12:17 AM There will always be a bit of doubt in other fluids even if theyve worked great for others, there is piece of mind in genuine fluidI'm down with what he said though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 06/03/14 12:43 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 12:43 AM I am extremely happy with the Syntrans in my ZF.IMHO the scare mongering in the early days has swayed peoples opinions towards running non LF6 oils.There are literally thousands of boxes around the globe running non genuine oils with no issue.I found the refill procedure to be very finicky and time consuming and I can see why a shop that is charging by the hour could not spend the time I did getting the level correct, hence cars go in with a correct level have and oil change to non gen fluid,level is not correct and causes issues and the obvious point of blame is the oil.To put it in context, my box had a snatchy 2-1 downshift when I bought the car. I checked the level and found it was approx 300ml low(mechatronics connector sleeve was weeping). Topped it up and the issue disappeared. 300ml on a fluid capacity of 8lts is SFA (aprox 3.75%) and that was sufficient to cause an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 15y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 06/03/14 01:00 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 01:00 AM (edited) We use ALOT of syntrans, nulon and ulx110 but that's another story lol Also this was helpfulhttp://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/84229-the-fluid-change/?fromsearch=1Wonder what sexy hunk did that thread Edited 06/03/14 01:02 AM by JETURBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 06/03/14 01:10 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 01:10 AM What do you pay for a 20ltr J@? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 15y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 06/03/14 02:14 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 02:14 AM Got a bit of a deal going with the G/W dealer but means we have to buy at least 40ltrs at a time to qualify Seen prices as cheap as $165 for 20ltrs and up to $250 so its all dependant where u go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 13y 6m 4d Posted 06/03/14 02:22 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 02:22 AM I paid $150 for 20L of syntrans through local dealer in Griffith NSW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 18y 7m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 06/03/14 03:14 AM Share Posted 06/03/14 03:14 AM I pay $120/20ltr from my oil guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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