Kriston

Whats up guys, Just taking care of some basic maintenance stuff and came across the below trans pan kit upgrade for PFL c63's.

FCP is stating that the trans pan on the 2012+ Cars are deeper, presumably holding more fluid. So they sell it in this kit as an upgrade.

I have the Weistec pan, but found this interesting for anyone who can verify if the 2012+ do hold more fluid.


https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/mer...n-001989680310

Music City Benz

I would love to get that info, too. Getting ready to do the first trans service.

Jasonoff

Correct because the newer filter is larger and so is the pan.

The new filter and larger pan is compatible with older fluid as well.

Kriston

Do you know how much more J?

Jasonoff

The thickness of the new filter or the pan? The pan is 5mm deeper so SFA...

https://blog.fcpeuro.com/mercedes-7-...-transmissions

dattorob

attached some pdf's from a previous thread on this topic, might help. cheers

HLG600

The only tangible benefit of this pan is the ability to run to the improved filter. What FCP doesn't advertise is that there is barely any extra fluid capacity.

Still worth it, IMO. Just setting expectations.

Jasonoff

They list it (5mm deeper) in the blog I linked above which is maybe 1-200mm more fluid.

lilbaggie

My conductor plate went bad recently and in gathering parts for the replacement i fell for this upsell. I ended up buying the parts for a little cheaper through MBCovington. My indy shop (Modern Mercedes) installed it but they didn't seem too impressed. Their comment was they'd saved that $40–50 for something else.

Jasonoff

What upsell? It's a much better filter but since it's thicker it needs the slightly deeper pan to clear.

If you are using the larger pan AND the older filter, then yeah, it was a waste.

Kriston

I pulled the trigger on the updated trans filter, good to know it works with the older red fluid as well.

lilbaggie

I only saw the headline and lead blurb so was viewing it from the deeper pan selling point. If it was just to switch to the newer style filter I wouldn't have bothered. I'm used to old Chevys where swapping to a larger pan means an extra quart or two of capacity. It was mitigated a bit that I bought the newer filter and pan through MB directly for $40 less than FCP, still $70 above and beyond what I had to spend anyways.

Viktori

pan A2222700512 old version, new version is a9062700501

NewShockerGuy

I just bought the upgraded pan/filter kit from fcp euro to replace my 09' w211 filter pan since I am doing hte 40k trans fluid service. (red fluid).

the fill pipe that came with the new pan is green and is shorter than the white fill pipe on my old pan. Did those that got the FCP kit use the green fill pipe or your white one? Seems like if you use the green one the fluid isn't going ot be as high as the white one? I can't get clarity on this anywhere...

Thanks,
-Nigel

PNW_E63_AMG

Anymore Clarity? Assuming we use the green stand pipe but you know what they say.

NewShockerGuy

I never updated my post for some reason, hate whent hat happens. I used everything that came with the new pan. So I used the green standoff pipe with the new pan. So far has been fine and it's been 2 years since I've changed the fluid. Zero issues. Glad I went with the newly revised one. Overall, not a bad process to do as long as you have STAR/DAS and you can monitor the trans temp. Surprisingly easy to pump the fluid in with a garden sprayer and the correct adapter.

-Nigel