I am new to this forum and very thankful that I came upon it. I've gained a wealth of information on the topic of PTU which apparently is now an issue with my 2008 MKX, with 116,000 miles. I am not a mechanic but feel I do have a very reliable guy who has worked on our cars for a number of years. I recently had to limp into a Ford dealership on my commute hme from work to find that I required the replacement of the PCM, a coil, all plugs, wires, etc. ($2000). While in the shop I was also told that I needed to have the PTU replaced due to it leaking fluid (another $2000). Needless to say I wasn't in the position of doping $4K into the car but was kind of at their mercy to at least get the PCM replaced and the car running.
Fast forward a week and I bring the car to my mechanic to look at the PTU issue. His feeling is that it had a very small leak, and was not even sure where it came from, topped it off with some fluid and said we should keep and eye on it at every oil change...sounded good and cost me 50 bucks. This morning however there was a lot more fluid on the garage flood than the couple of little spots that I'd been seeing over the past month. I'm going to chalk that up to him likely over filling the PTU (which he said he did due to the difficulty in adding the fluid and no real way to check the "fullness') and it "burping out (as mentioned in previous posts here).
So, here's my very long winded way of asking a question to this group...should i continue to have him "top off" the PCU every 3 to 5,000 mile oil change? Should I check with a trans shop to either have it rebuilt or replaced? Should i look into having a drain plug put in (also as mentioned in previous posts). Has anyone had this work done at an AAMCO trans shop or is that not a good route to go?
Appreciate your replies and any expertise that you can lend. Thanks
