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Robster

posted on 18/3/05 at 09:38 AM Reply With Quote
Escort Rack Oil Capacity

Hopefully this is a quick'n'easy question for you! I am refurbishing my Escort mk 2 steering rack, following a recent article in Which Kit mag. The only issue I have is with the stated rack oil capacity - the article say use 1.3 litres of EP90, my Haynes manual says use 0.25 litres of EP90!

Anyone who has done this - which is correct? Does anyone have the Ford owners manual that they could check for me?

Local ford dealer, unsurprisingly, doesn't know...

Cheers, Rob.

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Peteff

posted on 18/3/05 at 10:29 AM Reply With Quote
I doubt very much that you'll get 1.3 litres of oil into the rack.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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David Jenkins

posted on 18/3/05 at 10:40 AM Reply With Quote
Vague recollection of 300ml.

If no-one else confirms it, I'll look in my Haynes manual tonight.

David

[Edited on 18/3/05 by David Jenkins]






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clbarclay

posted on 18/3/05 at 11:06 AM Reply With Quote
According to Haynes escort mk2 manual.

Steering lubricant capacity (I presume its for the rack) is 0.15 litre or 0.25 imperial pint.

Recommended oil is SAE 90 EP.






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flak monkey

posted on 18/3/05 at 11:08 AM Reply With Quote
According to my recon guide its 150ml of EP90.


David





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David Jenkins

posted on 18/3/05 at 11:18 AM Reply With Quote
150ml sounds familiar - ignore my guess!

DJ






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Robster

posted on 18/3/05 at 12:21 PM Reply With Quote
Thanks guys, I was somewhat suspicious of the 1.3ltrs quoted in the magazine article...

Cheers,
Rob.

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clbarclay

posted on 18/3/05 at 01:39 PM Reply With Quote
They might have mixed the figures up a capacity of some where else on the vehicle

1.3 litres is near the mark of the rear axle oil capacity.






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