The plastic piece you remove is actually a metal tube fitted with two o rings, replaced by a plastic tube flared at both ends.The new filter is plastic at both ends, the old metal, and substantially beefier seeming. My ford filter kit has a Doorman part number on it. . Buy a five pack of t 27 bits, because if you live in the land of salt you will break every one of them. If you are to use the plastic tube, install the cover with the tube without the filter to seat it most of the way, remove cover, install filter, assemble and torque it down. Install the trans mount as an assembly, torque it down. A rat tat tat gun on the torx bit seated in the screw may or may not help. Tried heat too. I broke eight t 27 bits in total. This took way too long to do on my 2007 Freestyle.
The trickiest part is putting the filter in. It seems to not go in all the way, but don't pound it too hard. Just make sure the cover guides go around the end of the filter to keep it in place when you screw it in.
Hey did your new filter ‘click’ into place like the metal one does? I couldn’t get the plastic one to do it. It’s in there and I tapped it with my ratchet a few times, but it never ‘clicked’
@@tigiteasygarage9052 yeah I’m referring to the HP one. It seemed to me that the old metal one kinda popped into the housing, where the new plastic one required much more force and I didn’t get 100% confidence that it’s in all the way
Just make sure the part looks identical to the one that you are replacing. The O ring is what keeps it in place when you push it in. Double check to see if the O ring is seated in the rite position.
Ford should have issued a recall on this pos cvt transmisison. Too high of a failure rate. Could this high pressure filter be the reason for a p0942 code? Friend of mine just bought an 07 Freestyle with that code from a meth head for $600 and it slams into drive and reverse and even when floored it barely accelerates? Sometimes it drives normal when the light goes off then does it all over again as soon as the light comes back on. I told her not to buy it based on my research of these vehicles but she thought it was going to last a couple months which I told her I doubt it would.
Must be something else going on with the transmission if there is a light coming on and that is when the problem happens then the ECU is sensing a failure somewhere. Get someone with a good scanner to do a diagnostic on it. Maybe a bad valve body? Check the oil level on the transmission also
@@sawgalwalden5698 Had the same problem, so I used a bolt extractor socket. It's one of the best tools I have. Just tap on the socket lightly to get a grip, and they come right out. Either that, or get stronger bits.
I agree, these transmissions are hugely problematic. I'd be curious to know if there were any other codes related to the powertrain. With mine, I consistently get P0701 (a generic OBDII code) and P0715 (Input/Turbine Speed Sensor Circuit) and P2765 (Input/Turbine Speed Sensor B Circuit). I'm using the Torque app with a wireless OBDII device to pull codes. In my case, the car usually accelerates just fine for some period of time before going into limp mode. As far as I can tell, based on the P0715 and P2765 codes, this likely means the problem is with the input shaft, and could be something as simple as replacing an o-ring which tends to self-destruct, or replacing the entire input shaft itself. Even doing it yourself, this is something that will easily cost $600+ because of the expense of the part, and would involve pulling the transmission from the car. There are also parts that Ford used to commonly replace, including the valve body, which is a $1000+ part that supposedly were often faulty when brand new, so multiple replacements were common. Although I'm not sure of the accuracy of those claims, as it seems the general ignorance of these transmissions back then was a large source of misinformation and wasted money spent on replacing parts in a bit of random guesswork. I would never buy a vehicle for any amount of money that has a Ford CVT in it. Complete waste of money. I wouldn't buy any other CVT for that matter, but these have to be some of the worst. I'm stuck with this POS until I can scrape together enough money to buy a cheap used car.
My mom’s 05 Freestyle front valve cover started leaking over the last year. Turned out it was the rear camshaft seal, the camshaft sticks out of the rear of the valve cover where it drives the water pump, and it has what’s essentially a mini-rear main seal. Replaced that seal and it’s all good.
Hey, thanks for the video. Like the dummy I sometimes am, I took off the wrong part when changing the filter! The part is shown at the very start of your video. When I realized what I had done, I simply put it back on and started over whit removing the housing with the hydraulic hoses, and then it all made sense. What is that cover I took off and you first show in your video, and can I expect a major malfunction of the "subdominal nomenclautre" of the participle thereof - i.e. my screw up?
The cover at the very start of the video is the primary variator cover. This has fluid channels to direct fluid to both the primary variator and forward clutch. Removing it shouldn't have caused any issues, so long as you didn't cut a seal reinstalling the cover.
So I'm confused here when ever I look up the filter at any auto store they only thing they give me is a transmission line cooler filter. No store lists the ft-178 for a freestyle?
They are non serviceable you'll generally cause more damage then its worth. it is an audi sourced trans which all of there trans are not supposed to be serviced unless there's an actual issue which in most cases its to late lol.
Good video. I'm debating tackling this in the car. I've come to find that this drivetrain is in the Ford Five Hundred AWD also.
The plastic piece you remove is actually a metal tube fitted with two o rings, replaced by a plastic tube flared at both ends.The new filter is plastic at both ends, the old metal, and substantially beefier seeming. My ford filter kit has a Doorman part number on it.
. Buy a five pack of t 27 bits, because if you live in the land of salt you will break every one of them. If you are to use the plastic tube, install the cover with the tube without the filter to seat it most of the way, remove cover, install filter, assemble and torque it down. Install the trans mount as an assembly, torque it down.
A rat tat tat gun on the torx bit seated in the screw may or may not help. Tried heat too. I broke eight t 27 bits in total. This took way too long to do on my 2007 Freestyle.
The trickiest part is putting the filter in. It seems to not go in all the way, but don't pound it too hard. Just make sure the cover guides go around the end of the filter to keep it in place when you screw it in.
Good job
Hey did your new filter ‘click’ into place like the metal one does? I couldn’t get the plastic one to do it. It’s in there and I tapped it with my ratchet a few times, but it never ‘clicked’
If I recall the large filter clicks into place and the small H.P. filter is held in place by the backing plate.
@@tigiteasygarage9052 yeah I’m referring to the HP one. It seemed to me that the old metal one kinda popped into the housing, where the new plastic one required much more force and I didn’t get 100% confidence that it’s in all the way
Just make sure the part looks identical to the one that you are replacing. The O ring is what keeps it in place when you push it in. Double check to see if the O ring is seated in the rite position.
@@waqaradurrani I had the same doubts. It seems OK tough.
Ford should have issued a recall on this pos cvt transmisison. Too high of a failure rate. Could this high pressure filter be the reason for a p0942 code? Friend of mine just bought an 07 Freestyle with that code from a meth head for $600 and it slams into drive and reverse and even when floored it barely accelerates? Sometimes it drives normal when the light goes off then does it all over again as soon as the light comes back on. I told her not to buy it based on my research of these vehicles but she thought it was going to last a couple months which I told her I doubt it would.
Must be something else going on with the transmission if there is a light coming on and that is when the problem happens then the ECU is sensing a failure somewhere. Get someone with a good scanner to do a diagnostic on it. Maybe a bad valve body? Check the oil level on the transmission also
Chris Atkinson we cannot get the bolts out to change this filter, it keeps breaking the bits, any suggestions
@@sawgalwalden5698 better tools
@@sawgalwalden5698 Had the same problem, so I used a bolt extractor socket. It's one of the best tools I have. Just tap on the socket lightly to get a grip, and they come right out. Either that, or get stronger bits.
I agree, these transmissions are hugely problematic. I'd be curious to know if there were any other codes related to the powertrain. With mine, I consistently get P0701 (a generic OBDII code) and P0715 (Input/Turbine Speed Sensor Circuit) and P2765 (Input/Turbine Speed Sensor B Circuit). I'm using the Torque app with a wireless OBDII device to pull codes.
In my case, the car usually accelerates just fine for some period of time before going into limp mode. As far as I can tell, based on the P0715 and P2765 codes, this likely means the problem is with the input shaft, and could be something as simple as replacing an o-ring which tends to self-destruct, or replacing the entire input shaft itself. Even doing it yourself, this is something that will easily cost $600+ because of the expense of the part, and would involve pulling the transmission from the car.
There are also parts that Ford used to commonly replace, including the valve body, which is a $1000+ part that supposedly were often faulty when brand new, so multiple replacements were common. Although I'm not sure of the accuracy of those claims, as it seems the general ignorance of these transmissions back then was a large source of misinformation and wasted money spent on replacing parts in a bit of random guesswork.
I would never buy a vehicle for any amount of money that has a Ford CVT in it. Complete waste of money. I wouldn't buy any other CVT for that matter, but these have to be some of the worst. I'm stuck with this POS until I can scrape together enough money to buy a cheap used car.
P0218 Code Transmisison heating up puts car into safe mode would this help?
No
Ever have problems with valve cover gasket leaking?
No I haven't
My mom’s 05 Freestyle front valve cover started leaking over the last year. Turned out it was the rear camshaft seal, the camshaft sticks out of the rear of the valve cover where it drives the water pump, and it has what’s essentially a mini-rear main seal. Replaced that seal and it’s all good.
Hey, thanks for the video. Like the dummy I sometimes am, I took off the wrong part when changing the filter! The part is shown at the very start of your video. When I realized what I had done, I simply put it back on and started over whit removing the housing with the hydraulic hoses, and then it all made sense. What is that cover I took off and you first show in your video, and can I expect a major malfunction of the "subdominal nomenclautre" of the participle thereof - i.e. my screw up?
The cover at the very start of the video is the primary variator cover. This has fluid channels to direct fluid to both the primary variator and forward clutch. Removing it shouldn't have caused any issues, so long as you didn't cut a seal reinstalling the cover.
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So I'm confused here when ever I look up the filter at any auto store they only thing they give me is a transmission line cooler filter. No store lists the ft-178 for a freestyle?
rakarnsunju it's a ford dealer item only
They are non serviceable you'll generally cause more damage then its worth. it is an audi sourced trans which all of there trans are not supposed to be serviced unless there's an actual issue which in most cases its to late lol.
The Ford service manual does tell you to replace it at every 60 to 90k. I would go every 30k though.