Mission Accomplished fellas finally got to doing a transmission fluid/pan change on my 2005 4.2 V8 S-Type (Non R ). My father came to visit for a week from sunny Southern California and helped out a lot even though he's never done a transmission fluid change on any vehicle nor have I LOL...I put the car up on jack stands, leveled it out and let it sit for a few hours.


The transmission pan had the original T27 screws I could only get 3 loose with a socket wrench...the others just stripped my T27, my father then attacked them with vise grips they loosened up good with them.
We then drained the pan and didn't get much out, 3 quarts maybe...I know where the rest of it was...on the huge oil spot & spots on my driveway.

We then attacked the sealing sleeve ohh man did we go through hell with it...after about an hour we got it LOL.
We then installed the new pan with new T40 screws and filled her up. I used this post by forum member ccc for filling instructions and ended up putting 6 liters of ZF lifeguard 6 in her (https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...ics-faq-30991/) The old fluid came out pretty dark...I inspected the magnets on the old pan and they had no shavings.


Let me tell you after we finished up I took her out for a drive...you could feel that she was happy...she was a little thirsty...and she feels like she just came out the factory !

The random RPM surges I used to have seemed to have stopped...and the hard shifts stopped as well !

I also burnt my arm a bit with the exhaust as we were finishing up I was cleaning the new pan and my arm happened to touch the exhaust and sh*t I screamed as my father giggled.

Next Mission: Spark Plugs
Date: Sometime this week or next

Thanks for reading !


Images below are of original pan, fluid and original T27 screws. That's how my pan was.

 

Wow, that is indeed dark oil! I hope you got to it in time.

Did you change the electrical sleeve?

 

Good job by you and your dad. That is indeed very dark ATF. When these ZF units get below 8 litres of fluid, the remaining fluid cooks up, gets darker, and begins to disintegrate rather rapidly. I hope you refreshed yours in time. Keep us posted on your ZF's performance during the months ahead....

 

Yes we changed it.

 

Nice job, thanks for the write up!

 

Nice job campaign, thanks for sharing.

Hopefully its all good and you can enjoy a more relaxed, smoother drive.

Best

Jim

 

Nice job and I hate to say it BUT if it was my car I would be setting up for another oil change.

Your fluid looks very black and I am sure another swap would clean it up much better.
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+1 ..I Drained Mine Again The Next Day And It Was Slightly Dirty From The Old Fluid That Was Left Over From The Initial Drain And Fill.

 

I'm doing mine this weekend, however at over $250 for 6 litres of Lifeguard, I'm not keen to dump it after a few days and buy some more!!!

But.... $250 for oil - $5000+ new transmission... mmmmm!!!

 

I did mine today. Or, rather, my mechanic did it for me. I bought all the parts, fluid, etc from The CTSC thanks to a Forum member's recommendation, than had the garage do all the heavy lifting. They billed me 2 hours labor = $180 + tax. I had no desire to tackle this job on my own.

So you guys who are doing the labor yourselves are saving ~ $180. Nice!

 

Agreed, I don't think its ever been changed in its 89K mile lifetime. I might purchase some more lifeguard 6 this week and swap it.

But let me tell ya she runs x3 times better than before the change

 

Just my little note for the spark plugs replacement:
I have a 2007 3.0L S-type, probably different then your manifold.
Various connectors are at the back side of the manifold, facing the firewall.
We removed the manifold, popping vacuum tubes that were dry and broke like glass. We had them replaced with simple flex tubes of like-diameter.
After doing the plugs replacement. I had engine fault
light coming up. I had hard time diagnosing the cause until a visit to Jag specialist at the service center who said I have no reading from MAP sensor.
It turned out we teared a wire from one of the connectors.
It was hell working behind the manifold (we did not removed it again..) to replace a pin inside the connector with the broken wire - no working area there.

I know better now how to diagnose the car - reading sensors voltages from OBD II cheap BT interface I purchased... and the codes were saying I have an issue with Air pressure. I wrote the codes in one of the previous posts.

What I mean is be carefull when doing the spark plug replace: check possibility of vacuum lines break - see if they lost their flexibility if you can.
If they are stiff- they may break. have replacement tubing.
Before doing any movement to the manifold - make sure you disconnected everything. The electrical connectors aren't too friendly to repair.
Same for vacuum connectors around the manifold. work easy with them - plastic get fragile with heat and age.

 

Great job tackling it yourself.