Sportshift ASM fluid

[PatCub]

Been having a few shifting problems with the Sportshift, so got the old girl on the lift and checked the ASM fluid level, reservoir completely empty. Phoned local dealer wanted £24 for 1ltr. Searched about and found part number is 6G33-19H373-BA which in turn is Pentosin CHF11S hydraulic fluid which is the same as Comma MVCHF which can be bought at Halfords for £10. Just in case anybody requires some.

[F1NDW]

But the question is Bill, "where did the fluid go?"

[Damianos]

Nice! I've got the 10 year service coming up this summer, and i'm planning to ask the dealer to change all the transmission and diff fluids on my Sportshift V8.

Does anyone know if this is an item that's included on the service schedule at any point?

[hashluck]

4 Years/40K miles I believe

[DAMIT]

And again at 8 years / 80k miles

[Ale_72]

PatCub said:

so got the old girl on the lift and checked the ASM fluid level, reservoir completely empty

Do you have any more details on how to check it?

[BiggaJ]

Was posted recently on YouTube by Mike at Bamford Rose. He claims to be seeing a lot of talk about ASM recently and some can be put down to poor service data not being given by whomever has serviced the car. Also the flex pipes crack and the time taken from first signs of wear to finally losing fluid can be 3 years:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCp6C0Z_7h8

Worth watching.

[voodoocat]

Hi my SS2 fluid line had cracks, it is 2012 but just 30000 miles.
The fluid was also quite dirty, I've changed once already. The fresh CHS11S (or 202) is clear green, I could not see through the old fluid it was so dirty.
The white container is the reservoir. You can lower it to drain/refill.