Today our mechanics told me some more bad news related to the SC. After the transmission oil to water cooler has been replaced, there was still oil getting into the coolant. Initially we thought it was just crap still in the system (although it was flushed extensively) but now it seems that next to the transmission cooler there is another similar cooler that does the same oil to water cooling for the engine oil.

So now I have ordered a new cooler for that as well. The thing is called the EOC (Engine Oil Cooler) and helps warming up the engine oil for emission reduction. I wonder if this is caused by the water that our mechanics put into the cooling system before (combined with a crappy design and age).

Funnily enough the engine oil only goes out and there is no trace of coolant in the engine oil (yet ?)

Getting mighty teed off about this.  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Do you remember the last time you actually drove this car?

For the amount you're spending on coolers and other bits don't you think a L405 is an option?

Really though it's a shame it's happening again. If you go to lrparts.ru you can see the entire system on the parts catalog. I've used it quite a bit to track down things I need to clean for performance gains. 
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@ Kurt, no not really but this afternoon I will to just test whether the gearbox issue has changed to another gear.

@ ASP, this morning I have been looking at other cars just to have something to drive I have downloaded the full Workshop Manual, thanks to Joe90 and it is great for finding the parts indeed. I already emailed the dealer in Rotterdam with the drawing of the parts. Unfortunately air freight has slowed down again on this side So worst case that is another month before the car can move again. And with my luck I bet that after that the gearbox finally disintegrates

On a positive note, I have replaced so many parts that there is not much left that can go wrong. And of course those things will be going wrong as soon as these issues are fixed  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

Sorry to read about all your bad luck, but I thought the 4.2 supercharged and zf gearbox were pretty bullet proof?

I think it was driven after mine bust so we seem to be on the same par for longevity and patience

Thats got to be gutting Eugene

If it were me and your location, I'd be tempted to get a separate cooler instead for it as you don't really need to worry about warming up to reduce emissions, more keeping it cool! FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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Hi Will, I think we are running pretty much in parallel with cars being out of service. Was looking at some old Lexus LX470 this week for a colleague but since he hasn't bought it, I almost did. Anyway, I just want this sorted.

The story with this particular FFRR is :

Transmission cooler (in series with the EOC) ruptured, detailed in a separate post. This cooler is a weak point in the earlier models ZF 6 speeds (also the Fords/VWs/Audis etc. that use that box).

The gearbox issue is a funny one, only the 3-4 upshift (separate post again) is acting up. I recently changed the location of the control coils and was hoping to do a test drive.

The car was actually in for the rear wheel bearings to be replaced (they made a bit of noise) and then we found the suspension bushings to be bad, so 3 weeks waiting for the damned things (from Rotterdam, air freight took forever this time round). Then today it was ready and they found out that the EOC was leaking and likely to have been as long as the transcooler. Problem is the leak is now soo big that I can not even test drive for the gearbox. So now trying to get a new cooler here and testdrive for the gearbox, hoping that the problem has moved to another gear (which would mean I just have to replace the coils and not the whole mechatronic).

I do believe that when the boys did some work on my car a few years ago, they put water iso of coolant in and considering the transcooler issue is corrosion linked, that means that they probably aggravated the whole problem at that time !! MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!

You are the new cooler king.