My car just pass the 50k miles mark. It is time to change the tranny fluid. Has anyone done it and what is the cost of tranny fluid ??
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Hello,
I have an 04 545i with the 6 sp. ZF tranny. The BMW fluid is like $30 a litre here in canada. I used Castrol new ATF for imports which is compatible with Shell M1376.4 which is the BMW fluid. it was about $7 /ltr. i bought 9 litres. you can get 4-5 litres out when u drop the pan. after that i just started/stopped and drained/refilled the fluid like that. There was a noticeable change in shifting when cold. My vehicle was close to 120K kms. or 70k miles. hope that helps. Ali C.
Originally Posted by lcc014' post='788678' date='Feb 9 2009, 11:28 AM
My car just pass the 50k miles mark. It is time to change the tranny fluid. Has anyone done it and what is the cost of tranny fluid ??
Thanks, |
Originally Posted by Rummat81' post='791823' date='Feb 12 2009, 11:18 PM
Hello,
I have an 04 545i with the 6 sp. ZF tranny. The BMW fluid is like $30 a litre here in canada. I used Castrol new ATF for imports which is compatible with Shell M1376.4 which is the BMW fluid. it was about $7 /ltr. i bought 9 litres. you can get 4-5 litres out when u drop the pan. after that i just started/stopped and drained/refilled the fluid like that. There was a noticeable change in shifting when cold. My vehicle was close to 120K kms. or 70k miles. hope that helps. Ali C. |
The latest Bavarian Autosport newsletter has a little blurb about changing the fluid. Go to www.bavauto.com, click the "Free Newsletter" link on the left, download the Winter 2008-2009 edition, and look on page 3.
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Originally Posted by beaker' post='792067' date='Feb 13 2009, 09:40 AM
The latest Bavarian Autosport newsletter has a little blurb about changing the fluid. Go to www.bavauto.com, click the "Free Newsletter" link on the left, download the Winter 2008-2009 edition, and look on page 3.
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Originally Posted by beaker' post='792067' date='Feb 13 2009, 09:40 AM
The latest Bavarian Autosport newsletter has a little blurb about changing the fluid. Go to www.bavauto.com, click the "Free Newsletter" link on the left, download the Winter 2008-2009 edition, and look on page 3.
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I don't know - I've never done it and haven't really researched it. I'll have mine done by an indie when it comes time.
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I see. I will research more and then try to do it myself. It should not be that hard to do.... because we are not doing a flush, just drain and fill.
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Originally Posted by Rummat81' post='791823' date='Feb 12 2009, 11:18 PM
Hello,
I have an 04 545i with the 6 sp. ZF tranny. The BMW fluid is like $30 a litre here in canada. I used Castrol new ATF for imports which is compatible with Shell M1376.4 which is the BMW fluid. it was about $7 /ltr. i bought 9 litres. you can get 4-5 litres out when u drop the pan. after that i just started/stopped and drained/refilled the fluid like that. There was a noticeable change in shifting when cold. My vehicle was close to 120K kms. or 70k miles. hope that helps. Ali C. Did you drop the pan ? How much new tranny fluid did you use to refill ? Thanks, |
if its the same tranny as mine the filter is part of the pan so needs replacing too.
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