What Have You Done To Your Explorer ST Today

[Freedomvango]

Diff Brace installed!

 

[Caster]

Elective maintenance - About 100 miles away from 10K miles on my 25' ST. I Changed the front diff. fluid and the transfer case fluid on Saturday. Changed the rear diff. fluid yesterday. How nice of Ford to put the rear diff. fill plug and a cross brace just over an inch apart from one another..

I wanted all the "break-in" drivetrain fluids changed since I've made a few trips from Michigan to West Virginia to ride the HMT trails with my ATV's and dirt bikes. I Pull close too, or at the max GVWR and GCWR on these trips in the steep mountains with my trailer and interior totally loaded. When you're going on week long trips like this you take everything including the kitchen sink with you.

The front diff. fluid was pretty black and smelly with the normal fine particles on the magnetic drain plug. The transfer case fluid looked brand new and the rear diff. fluid looked surprisingly clean with not much particle wise on the magnetic drain plug.

 

[Gadgtfreek]

Odd that the front was so different. I am def doing the first 10R60 service at 10k.

 

[Caster]

I'll wait a bit before I change the trans fluid since it has a large filter and a lot of fluid. When I do, I will go with a PPE aluminum pan with more fluid capacity.

 

[Caster]

Odd that the front was so different. I am def doing the first 10R60 service at 10k.

The front diff only holds .6 of a quart and the fluid is a lot thicker than the rear diff. which holds 2 qts. (1.9 but who's not adding the remaining 3.4 oz. left in the container..) The front fluid color and smell were normal IMO because of those factors.

 

[Gadgtfreek]

Interesting.

 

[DSGR]

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Diff Brace installed!

Looks great! Any NVH?

 

[DSGR]

I finally did a test fit on the Ford Explorer ST OEM Charge Pipe. It was about 1" too long and the diameter in the largest part of the pipe is too wide. It puts a lot of pressure on the pipe behind it from the turbo and it pushes the small end off the inlet tube on the driver's side beside the radiator. As a note, on a 2026 ST, that end of the OE charge pipe is large and has quite a but if white grease around the inside of the end. If it was 1" shorter and about 1" smaller in diameter, it would be a perfect fit. I've requested a refund.

 

[Freedomvango]

Looks great! Any NVH?

nah. no noticable issues

 

[DSGR]

nah. no noticable issues

Thanks!

 

[Gadgtfreek]

Catch can: 3 months, 2650 miles.

 

[DSGR]

Catch can: 3 months, 2650 miles.

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What's your thoughts on the amount of oil?

 

[SugarMouth]

What's your thoughts on the amount of oil?

Looks like a shot glass which would look like a normal amount for 2600 miles.

 

[Gadgtfreek]

It’s my first catch can so I don’t really have an opinion other than why the frag would you circulate that garbage back in. But I’m not an engineer. Sooo.

 

[SugarMouth]

It’s my first catch can so I don’t really have an opinion other than why the frag would you circulate that garbage back in. But I’m not an engineer. Sooo.

Additionally, removing oil vapor from the intake tract reduces the possibility of it contributing to knock.

 

[Gadgtfreek]

And that stuff stinks. It looks like jager lol but sure doesn’t smell like it.

 

[cheetoduster]

Emptied mine out today too. Probably let it go for a little too long, it was pretty full.



This is all that's accumulated since I've owned it, about 12,000 miles worth.

 

[JADE97]

Still waiting for the other driver, who rear ended the 25 ST going on 2 weeks ago, to respond to the insurance company so they can determine liability and we can get it repaired. Same insurance company

 

[Cdubya]

Still waiting for the other driver, who rear ended the 25 ST going on 2 weeks ago, to respond to the insurance company so they can determine liability and we can get it repaired. Same insurance company

What insurance company? No matter who's at fault, you should be working to get your vehicle fixed.

 

[Nascarbilly]

Still waiting for the other driver, who rear ended the 25 ST going on 2 weeks ago, to respond to the insurance company so they can determine liability and we can get it repaired. Same insurance company

@JADE97 :

Sorry for someone hitting you from behind and the annoyance it creates getting it fixed. Currently one of the few benefits of living in California now is our motor vehicle laws. ANY time there is a "rearend accident", 99% of 100 times, the driver from behind is legally responsible. The ONLY exception is if YOU had put your car in reverse and backed into him.

That being said, @Cdubya is right, pay your insurance deductible and get it fixed. Your insurance company can go after him. Best Wishes!