Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX PTU & Rear Differential Service How-To

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@averylolar6126 10 ай бұрын

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

@daviddore7662 15 күн бұрын

Best video I've found on this. Thanks!

@jmcgliss 9 ай бұрын

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.

@Believe_the_Bible Ай бұрын

Excellent video. Well narrated and great camera work. Thank you. You make it look easy but it a tough and tight reach.

@macker0077 2 күн бұрын

Good vid. The PTU should have been designed with a drain hole. Majority of owners aren't even aware that the fluid should be changed and end up with large repair bills when they fail. Snaking rubber tubing in the PTU is tough because of the gears in there. I believe Ford did redesign the PTU on later models with a drain hole. No doubt because of the number of failures they were seeing, costing them warranty repair $$.

@IncogNito-gg6uh 3 ай бұрын

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.

@HelicopterDad-u5b Ай бұрын

I drilled and tapped my ptu

@macker0077 2 күн бұрын

@@HelicopterDad-u5b Definitely the best way to go so you get all the fluid out. Just need to be careful where you drill. The PTU gears aren't far from the bottom of the case.

@HelicopterDad-u5b 2 күн бұрын

@ very true. I drilled a 1/8 hole first then fished a wire through the hole to see where the gears were.

@macker0077 2 күн бұрын

@@HelicopterDad-u5b Good idea, though you better hope you get it right the first time....or you'll have to plug an extra hole. 😊 Do you remember what size hole you drilled/tapped? 1/4 or maybe 3/8?

@HelicopterDad-u5b 2 күн бұрын

@ 3/8

@roramisrael 10 ай бұрын

You we're informative and straight to the point..... thank you.

@PeterTwo-qm3xk 9 ай бұрын

The ford manual shows a drain on the front face of the rear diff, on later versions (Ford Kuga over here in Europe).

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip

@michaelharris-2001 3 ай бұрын

This is going to going to be a fun project in moms car tomorrow

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear your changing it out. This service seems to be neglected on the ford edges.

@michaelharris-2001 3 ай бұрын

@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE services like this are always neglected, Trans and differential fluid changes are due every 30k miles by manufacturer.

@howlinwulf 6 күн бұрын

You should try that on a 2012 fird fusion 3.5 Im 6'4 and have huge hands i cant get my hand through there anywhere and i need to change it. Whew!!!

@wrenchaholic_ Жыл бұрын

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 😑

@SavNout01 29 күн бұрын

Good job on all your videos bro. I have a 17 MKX with a 3.7 and found your videos very helpful with replacing all my fluids. I'll be watching to see if you tackle the dreaded water pump if yours is internal like mine. (Ford engineers suck for doing that!)

@Alborn30 2 ай бұрын

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.

@pablobrandao810 7 күн бұрын

Hello and thanks for the video. I'm about to do the rear diff. oil change on my 2013 edge, in the end did you use the second bottle of oil or just 1 bottle was enough?

@kellyspann9845 Жыл бұрын

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 !

@corycox55 Жыл бұрын

I would love if you showed how to change the oil for the PTU and rear differential in a Dodge Journey!

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE Жыл бұрын

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. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5q1f61qbqmbprc

@michaelburtin3457 8 ай бұрын

Great video wat was the symptoms was it humming while accelerating

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 8 ай бұрын

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.

@mrzamrza9345 7 ай бұрын

Great job. Thank you.

@BostonKnick 4 ай бұрын

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.

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 3 ай бұрын

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.

@BostonKnick 3 ай бұрын

@@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)

@IncogNito-gg6uh 3 ай бұрын

@@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.

@azzamdiab8980 8 ай бұрын

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?

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 8 ай бұрын

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.

@raykirchdorfer5452 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks

@ellenburg80 3 ай бұрын

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

@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 3 ай бұрын

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.

@ellenburg80 3 ай бұрын

@@BLUECOLLARGARAGE 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 ?