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Old 07-09-2009, 06:05 AM
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As title says, how many liters my differential contains?

1.5, 2 or 3?

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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='937177' date='Jul 9 2009, 08:05 AM
As title says, how many liters my differential contains?

1.5, 2 or 3?

Thanks!
I believe 1.5 Liters (to be exact it is 1.4 L) .

You should check with your VIN #: http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi and it tells you how many liters on Oil, DIff, Transm, etc...
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Originally Posted by miguex' post='937182' date='Jul 9 2009, 07:13 AM
I believe 1.5 Liters (to be exact it is 1.4 L) .

You should check with your VIN #: http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi and it tells you how many liters on Oil, DIff, Transm, etc...
Wow man, thanks for the reference website. That one will be added to my faves!! Great info, no wonder I am always on this forum.
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Originally Posted by miguex' post='937182' date='Jul 9 2009, 04:13 PM
I believe 1.5 Liters (to be exact it is 1.4 L) .

You should check with your VIN #: http://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi and it tells you how many liters on Oil, DIff, Transm, etc...

Thanks miguex! : - ))))))
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Originally Posted by pjinca' post='937194' date='Jul 9 2009, 08:27 AM
Wow man, thanks for the reference website. That one will be added to my faves!! Great info, no wonder I am always on this forum.
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Originally Posted by AlexFW' post='937553' date='Jul 9 2009, 01:49 PM
Thanks miguex! : - ))))))

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how often should differential oil be changed ?
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Has anybody changed their differential oil?
At what mileage?

How about a transmission oil change for those of you who drive a steptronic?
At what mileage?
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and what type of diff oil?

is mobil1 syn 75w-90 ok?
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Originally Posted by turboawd' post='987804' date='Aug 25 2009, 07:57 AM
and what type of diff oil?

is mobil1 syn 75w-90 ok?
I have 75-90, suggested for the Quaife. I changed it 3 times in 60k km, but one for the LSD, one for final ratio and another one after 15k km installed the ratio to eliminate the dust etc.
10 euro/liter and 5 minutes to do it, 30 euro the total cost!


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