+1^^ The amount of time @sierrafery spends helping people is amazing, as is his knowledge.

Or at any time the engine is running!

It’s worth hitting the bolt with a hammer when the bar is lifted with the jack. It could shock the bolt free.

Pretty good overview, the main point which you highlight is that the copper grease will never come into contact with the “electrickery“ part of the sensor. No comment about any corrosion issues, but all dissimilar metals in contact will corrode more than in isolation. Cheers

Well, I’ve got some very old Comma copper grease and some not so old KSP (?) copper grease I thought I’d see what the conductivity was. Putting the meter probes in the grease gave no conductivity, resistance > 20 Meg Ohms, but as resistanc is dependant on cross sectional area of the “probes”...

Thanks for your comment. The hole in question is in the centre, not the EGR one at the end.

Many thanks, makes me feel better!

Hi, Yesterday I noticed a small puddle of what was coolant by the OSF wheel. The car hadn't been used for 2 days and cold. I put some cardboard underneath and a couple of hours later there was more coolant. A bit of tracing and it seemed to be coming from the underside of the header tank...

Mine does this from time to time, normally the rear one. Sometimes you press close and it opens and then won't respond at all! Each time I have left it with the engine switched off for a while, half an hour, and all is OK again. Just one more thing to sort when I do the sunroofs and...

I always lock mine using the key, not the remote, to avoid setting the internal sensors (and superlock). I was that idiot in a Lidl car park whose alarm was going off when I left a sunroof open.:eek::eek::eek: I know I can change the settings with the Nanocom, but I've kept it this way just in...

I changed the ATF (not filter) on my box about 3 years ago, I had seen the Ashcroft articles but had no records of when it was last done. The ATF came out a horrible brown colour, but not burnt. There were no issues afterwards with gear changes. I've recently replaced it again after most was...

I guess it would take some time to get all the air out, I've not been unlucky enough to experience it. The pump must be running to have taken in any fluid at all. It may just be a case of "keep on trying" until enough air is expelled. I believe "new" boxes are supplied with the torque...

You could give Ashcroft a call, they must have seen this before. The connection at the top of the box is the flow to the cooler (except in lockup). On mine I just refilled, didn't even drain it, to avoid adding any other unknowns (and I HAD to get it off the road and into the drive anyway) and...

I feel for you, we waited 11 hours for recovery!!

Had the same on mine only last month, on A303. First sign was lockup went. Is the oil concentrated on the LHS (nearside) of the truck? It is most likely the oil cooler pipe, the section which goes from metal to rubber, it either parts company at the pipe end where it appears from the engine...

It seems Ford were/are aware of the reliability problems: https://www.motorreviewer.com/engine.php?engine_id=145

Many thanks, a good write-up:) Just refilled the box, surprised it only took 5l, but I didn't drain it, so maybe a litre or 2 was still in there below the pickup. Went through the filling procedure as per the WSM. All seems fine, only took it gently for a few hundred yards, didn't want the...

Many thanks. I picked up 10l this morning. We'll see what happens, but I must get the car off the road into the drive as it's causing a bit of an obstruction. Hopefully I haven't damaged the 'box. Then to repair the pipe properly, they seem to be crazily expensive and non genuine, or not...

Thank you! I’ll get 10l tomorrow.

Hi all, Well, on my way home to Fareham last night, the D2 (2004 TD5 Landmark) decided to dump 9l of ATF onto the A303 near Wincanton. I didn't fully realise what was happening, doing 60mph it seemed to drop out of lockup, then the revs went up and down. It's only when I noticed the rear...