Greetings all from The Colonies!
At long last, I’m finally able to get my P6 out of its [very long] winter layup. I last drove the car around Jan 1 when it arrived here in the US after it’s voyage across the Atlantic whereby I promptly parked it up for the winter. Now here we are in mid-June and I’m finally able to wake her up for some driving and I noticed a large pool of ATF under the car. I believe that I heard that if these cars sit for quite a while, they will start expelling fluid once the converter drains out so I’m wondering a couple things;
1. Here in the US, Type F ATF is easiest for me to find versus ATF-G or Castrol TQF. Will Type F be sufficient to use? I’m under the assumption that Type F is simply the modern equivalent of either of those aforementioned products.
2. I’m well aware that ATF needs to be checked hot and after a run, however I don’t want to drive the car anywhere given the size of the puddle underneath it, so can I fire it up and warm it up at least somewhat sufficiently in the garage just to get some sort of a baseline to at least top up enough to go out on a run for a final level adjustment?
3. I have a two post lift in my garage so would I be better served to just get the car in the air, drain the box, change the filter and perform a service on it prior to doing anything else?
Thanks all in advance. I’ve very much been longing to drive this car, but with a dozen other cars in the stable that have needed fettling, the poor old girl has just sat dormant till now.
Cheers,
Aaron
At long last, I’m finally able to get my P6 out of its [very long] winter layup. I last drove the car around Jan 1 when it arrived here in the US after it’s voyage across the Atlantic whereby I promptly parked it up for the winter. Now here we are in mid-June and I’m finally able to wake her up for some driving and I noticed a large pool of ATF under the car. I believe that I heard that if these cars sit for quite a while, they will start expelling fluid once the converter drains out so I’m wondering a couple things;
1. Here in the US, Type F ATF is easiest for me to find versus ATF-G or Castrol TQF. Will Type F be sufficient to use? I’m under the assumption that Type F is simply the modern equivalent of either of those aforementioned products.
2. I’m well aware that ATF needs to be checked hot and after a run, however I don’t want to drive the car anywhere given the size of the puddle underneath it, so can I fire it up and warm it up at least somewhat sufficiently in the garage just to get some sort of a baseline to at least top up enough to go out on a run for a final level adjustment?
3. I have a two post lift in my garage so would I be better served to just get the car in the air, drain the box, change the filter and perform a service on it prior to doing anything else?
Thanks all in advance. I’ve very much been longing to drive this car, but with a dozen other cars in the stable that have needed fettling, the poor old girl has just sat dormant till now.
Cheers,
Aaron