Non Pp PTU fluid change.

[RickyRecon]

I’m going to be doing my brakes soon, and was going to just get one of the cheap hand pump one man bleeders from autozone. It occurred to me if I get one that hooks up to my air compressor instead, which is roughly the same price, I could potentially use it for changing the PTU fluid, as well as cleaning out the CAC. I haven’t stuck the dipstick in the CAC yet, but at 60k miles, I’m willing to bet there’s some shit in there. Just curious if anyone had success using one for the PTU, or if I need something more substantial.

 

[SM105K]

That is how most of the non pp guys did it in the past. However, if you are handy, drill and tapping your PTU makes things so much easier.

 

[RickyRecon]

That is how most of the non pp guys did it in the past. However, if you are handy, drill and tapping your PTU makes things so much easier.

Right on. I was seriously considering just adding a drain hole to the lower part of the cover instead of the housing, but I still have about 15k miles left on the warranty. Knowing my luck, as soon as I drilled and tapped the hole it would grenade the next time I drove it, and they’d blame it on the hole. I’m sure it’s a huge PITA to do it through the fill hole, but that bsg automotive guy (the ford tech from YouTube that opened his own shop) seemed offended I wanted him to use my own fluid, and after replying that it’s not a deal breaker and motocraft would be fine, he ghosted. So guess I’m doing it lol.