Genesis 4.6 zf transmission mantainance

[Koobieone]

2010 genesis 4.6 maintainance

 

[homeofstone]

Change fluid and pan/filter. every 60k t 80k miles and the transmission will last well beyond 200,000 miles. The ZF does use special fluid and is sealed with no dip stick.

 

[Koobieone]

Change fluid and pan/filter. every 60k t 80k miles and the transmission will last well beyond 200,000 miles. The ZF does use special fluid and is sealed with no dip stick.

Can one do it at home?

 

[tompass]

Have to be very careful and not really a DIY job by my experience. It is a temperature sensitive process. Had a shop do my ZF on BMW and completely screwed it up requiring replacement of the transmission.

 

[edizzle89]

you can find write ups online for how to do the fluild/filter (which is intigrated into the pan) change on these trans, just google 6hp26 fluid change write up and you can find a few. The only special tools you'll need are a temp gun and a transfer pump to put in the jug of new trans fluid as you can only really pump it in. I did mine in my garage, just jack it up and get it level on 4 jackstands, also having a second person to start the car and move it through the gears as you fill so you dont have to keep going up and down.

I bought 2 Ravenol 6HP 4L jugs (just so i knew i'd have enough and have some extra just as backup) and got a filter/pan on amazon, cost around $180. Just read the procedure 2-3 times so you no exactly what needs to be done and in what order and it's really not as hard as it sounds.

 

[homeofstone]

Can one do it at home?

If you are a good DIY person regarding cars then yes . As stated you have to raise the car and it must be level. Also you need the tools as mentioned plus a drain pan. I do a lot myself and restore old cars but decided not to touch the zf transmission. I took mine to the dealer. It was a great car.