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Old 03-14-2009, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SmithsonGA' post='816812' date='Mar 14 2009, 05:57 PM
surprised how the pan bolts have surface rust on them.
Good question; maybe snow or rain water got into the under cover ?
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That fluid is so dirty! Yeah! time to change! By the way it is an excellent DIY.
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Make sure you flush it completely... In the manual says the auto-tranny has 9.5 liters?. And you only drained 4 liters out... but where are the other 5 liters?
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Originally Posted by miguex' post='817041' date='Mar 15 2009, 12:14 AM
Make sure you flush it completely... In the manual says the auto-tranny has 9.5 liters?. And you only drained 4 liters out... but where are the other 5 liters?
AS I said this is a drain and fill, not flush. Therefore, the rest of the 5 liters are still inside the torque converter. BMW does not provide any flush procedure. :-(
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No filter change?
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Originally Posted by allenct' post='817167' date='Mar 15 2009, 06:55 AM
No filter change?
Not at this mileage. Will do that at 100k miles. Right now, my car has about 51k miles.
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