zf 8 speed oil change

[drover]

simple rule with old Mercedes 4 speed. Overfill & let excess run out overflow when warm. Makes a mess but driving on wet roads soon cleans underside. Why hasnt some one put a dipstick in the fill plug hole before draining & refill to 1/2" above that? There will be a breather. Some place on the top & maybe a tube on it if its a true off road car.

The fill plug is on the side, just like a diff while the breather comes up at the back of engine, the usual hose type set up....

[genpk]

well im hoping the NV transfer case oil the Jeep parts guys sold me is ok for the car. Parts guy did state that normally they used Atf4 in the transfer case but supposedly this NV oil was a better quality oil.
It is a different colour to the red Atf4 but they stated they have been using it
in tc .
im now wondering if they have given me the right info/ oil for that transfer case even though they did know the year and model of my jeep.

[GCDingo]

Bringing up an old thread. Long story short, I have a small oil leak somewhere in the front LHS of engine. Maybe oil cooler? But going to get my gearbox done (2015 limited 82k km) as this gives me an opportunity to get it up on a hoist and have a good look underneath.

I am going to just use penrite fluid but have found an eBay seller that sells the pans at good prices but the BMW one and the Jeep one seem exactly the same, but the Jeep one is more expensive. Can anyone see the difference in the 2 or point me to which one is better or a cheaper option? The jeep one does say deep pan but I don't see why they would be different. Same box and BMW being premium/performance car you would think they would have same oil capacity?

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193621236846

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193621210663

What quantities of oil are being also?

Thanks in advance

[drover]

Go the pan for the Jeep/Landy, it is a deeper pan, holds a bit more and also has 2 or 3 more magnets in the pan compared to the Passenger car models... thats the mob I buy mine from actually, other filters I get from DND autoparts on ebay.. I have a BMW pan in the shed and against the Jeep pan the difference is obvious...

I use Penrite BMV in the auto and you will need at least 8 lts for a full change, I just dump 4 lts, change pan and refill, doing it every 40K or so, giving it a full job really needs a hoist... even the half change you need to run the engine while up on stands or you won't get the right amount back in the box..... I change the TC at the same time and use Penrite ATF FS...........

[bjm]

The so called deep pan is the same depth as the genuine ZF pan I got from Germany for $160.00, landed.However no new bolts .

[drover]

No wonder confusion there are 10 pans listed for the 8HP box by ZF, 4 are for a 8HP70 box but with 1 listed for Chrysler yet the same box model also listed for Landy...... one day I will measure the capacity of the shallow pan to compare with the genuine.........

[67HR]

The shallow pan only has magnets at the front. The Deep pan has an extra set of magnets on each side near the filter.
The Wesfil pan is only a shallow pan, found out the hard way, mine was also warped and when laid flat it rocked.
Auto-one exchanged it for me and got a correct one.

[LeCheese]

So the deep pan linked is the same profile and volume as the standard pan on the vehicle? What's the quality like compared to a genuine Mopar/ZF pan?