ford 2.5 td automatic oil change

[couta1]

hi all..

how do i drain the oil on an automatic gearbox for a ford 2.5 turbo diesel to do a ATF change.??

Also i noticed after driving up a very steep hill or the gearbox got hot ATF fluid leaked out of the breather..?? by the gallon..It hasnt done it again for a while so i suspect when i bought the van the gearbox had been over filled.Could that have been the cause and i hope my box is not going to pack in?.my van has done 91 000 miles

cheers
steven

[AndyG]

Messy job and you'll only drain about a gallon of the two that's in there

Large container and remove the transmission sump

Have a new "screen" (filter) oil and sump gasket ready before you start the job

[StuartB58]

Andy is the screen filter mesh? and could it be clean off with petrol or is it best to replace it?

[AndyG]

It probably used to be (once upon a time )
It's an aluminium casing with what looks like a felt pad inside that does the filtering, so definitely worth changing

[StuartB58]

Ok I know I'm getting on a bit, just last time I had problems was with an old Granada Automatic and that's what was inside and a guy at the garage told me to wash it out with petrol, helped but didn't cure the fault. So I think that's what I need to buy for mine also. Thanks for the help Andy.