Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX PTU & Rear Differential Service How-To
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- In this video I show you how to service the PTU (Power Transfer Unit) and rear differential on the Ford Edge and this procedure will also cover the Lincoln MKX which shares the same chassis. I recommend you do this drain and refill procedure every 30k miles especially on the PTU unit because of where its located it sees very high temps which degrades the oil very quick. Oil, fluid extractor, thread sealant, and hand pump were purchased from Amazon and I will provide a link to everything below.
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Rear Differential Oil: amzn.to/3pZrsnD
Permatex Thread Sealant: amzn.to/45es5J9
OEM Tools Fluid Extractor: amzn.to/44W9l0M
Fluid Pump: amzn.to/3Y0rGaL
thank you so much for this. i was just under my car today looking at how cramped that PTU was and had no idea how i was gonna service it. you made it clear and simple enough, thank you. i will be doing this when it warms up a little more
The PTU on our 2011 failed at 68000 miles. I’ve had the oil changed every 15000 since, a $100.00 service. Thanks for this. I’ll start doing it myself.
You we're informative and straight to the point..... thank you.
Our rear diff "drain plug' on the back side uses a 3/8" square drive to remove. But the Ford parts counter shows three plugs with small Torx heads #W700251-S437 that are not what you need. My mechanic didn't mess with them for fear of stripping the small Torx heads, and difficulty of access. An electric suction pump only removed about 500cc (18oz) which is what we put back in. We're not sure if the diff was underfilled from the factory. At 40,000 miles, it was dark green not black and didn't smell too bad.
We did the PTU fluid at 38,000 miles which was darker in color.
This is going to going to be a fun project in moms car tomorrow
Glad to hear your changing it out. This service seems to be neglected on the ford edges.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE services like this are always neglected, Trans and differential fluid changes are due every 30k miles by manufacturer.
Man, Changing the oil in this PTU looked easy compared to doing it in my MKZ. I had to use very long needle nose pliers as my fingers to get the little rubber hose in and out of the drain / fill hole. I got it done but it took like 2 hours to do it. Boy did it stink !!!. I managed to get an 8oz water bottle full. That was good enough for me. Got to do the rear diff next weekend. Enjoyed the video and thanks for doing it. Good job !
I would love if you showed how to change the oil for the PTU and rear differential in a Dodge Journey!
Unfortunately I don’t have one for the PTU yet but I do have one for the rear differential oil change and oil seal replacement. ua-cam.com/video/IiRNz49DhpU/v-deo.html
Great job. Thank you.
I wasn’t very surprised ford didn’t put drain plugs on either one but I was surprised on the edge sport they ran dual exhaust all the way back then Y”ed to the muffler 😑
I bought the same pump that you have in preparation to do this job along with the necessary tools to add my own drain plugs to the PTU and rear differential on my 2015 MKX, however I’m too worried I’ll mess things up adding my own drain plugs, seeing you use the rubber hose gave me some confidence that I could service it without adding my own drain plugs. Any chance you’d know what size that rubber hose was that you had added on to get some more fluid out? I’d like to order it so I can get as much out as possible.
The ford manual shows a drain on the front face of the rear diff, on later versions (Ford Kuga over here in Europe).
Thanks for the tip
Great video, thanks
Great video wat was the symptoms was it humming while accelerating
No humming or noise customer just wanted me to replace all fluid and glad I did because of how cooked that ptu fluid was. Bad design by ford once again and they don’t make it easy to service.
Been about 11 months since you posted this video….still have the edge? How’s she running? ….if you still have her how often are changing these fluids? I just acquired a 2012 Edge SEL and I’m pretty meticulous about these things so I’ll be tackling this pretty soon.
This is my buddy’s edge and yes he still has it. No issues at all still running perfect. I recommend doing these fluid every 30-40k miles.
@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE amazing! Thank you...was able to finally drive the Ford Edge yesterday (had to register and insure it and just working alot lately) and it drives like a dream....want to keep it that way so I'll definitely be doing this in the near future....I love Ford, just need to have a few work arounds on a few items that's all. Plan on doing the diff fluid as well (might even modify a drain plug for that as well)
@@BostonKnickOther than the PTU our 2011 has been a great car. If it hadn’t been for the PTU (which Ford maintains is maintenance free) it would have been 98K trouble free. We do all fluid changes at half the recommended intervals.
Gracias’ 🙏🏽
Хорошая работа👍
Good video..I would of just used the pump to refill..clean the pump, suck it up and pump..
I am about to buy one with 100+K kilometers (60+k miles) what service should I do? Also, the differential shakes a little on initial acceleration, what could that be?
With 60k I would definitely do the PTU just because the oil in it just cooks as you saw in the video. It wouldn’t hurt to do your diff as well. I would also do the spark plugs if they haven’t been done already. As for the vibration does it do it while your turning? A lot of times it’s the electronic clutch in the diff that causes the vibration especially while accelerating and turning.
I know this had been posted some time ago, so if someone could still give me some type of info it would be much appreciated, I followed the video even the same pump, anyways I removed the bolt and it had what looked like thick grease on the inner part of the bolt that came out, i proceeded to start the suction and wasn't removing any liquid and the outer part of the hose had what I am still assuming is grease, if someone has some knowledge on this it would be appreciated thank you
How many miles are on the vehicle and has the ptu fluid ever been changed? This is the problem with the ptu on these vehicles, they put it in the worst possible location right next to the exhaust so overtime that gear oil just sits there and cooks and starts to break down and eventually turns to grease and or sludge especially because it doesn’t take that much fluid. So if I were you I’d try adding new gear oil until it’s full again then try driving it around getting the oil nice and hot. Then try pumping out that new oil and see if that loosed up any of the thicker stuff.
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Rite on I appreaite it that is how i do the main oil after the engine is hot and give it more then enough time to drain out , ill try that, the rear when i did it kinda seemed like i took out more then what went in, just kinda odd, is there anything u can think of i should listen or pay attention too while driving for either one ?
the PTU grade should be 75w-140 and the rear diff 80w 90
yes that is correct
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