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My recent 6MT Oil Change Story
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02-11-2010, 05:07 PM | #1 |
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My recent 6MT Oil Change Story
After the last 3 years (my daughter) of following the dealer recommended oil changes to not prolong your cars value (and having time on my hands) I changed the oil in my wifes TSX (I hate FWD) so I was inspired to go back and to mine.
I could not loosen the oil filter cap as I have done many times with my strap wrench. Tisher sells them for $30k I found one on my local Snap On truck for $19.95. Second, oil was dirty but I don't have a clear idea of when my oil was last changed at the dealer. Several clips and the "trap" door are now missing to my oil drain plug. Wow. Top that, the washer on the drain bolt was doubled up. Well, forget it. I'm glad I had a chance to re-connect with my car. So today, I decided to change the 6MT fluid with Royal Purple Synchromax. Reading the treads, just under 2 quarts were needed. Removing the filler bolt did not spill any old fluid. I used about 1/3 of a Royal Purple quart to flush the gearbox and used the rest to fill it up. About a little more than half or less of the second bottle, the tranny started leaking! Well, at least it was clean and purple. I plugged it up while it was still leaking kinda slowly. Any chance of over fill? Test drive now... TIA, Danny
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02-11-2010, 11:53 PM | #2 |
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Pics of Enigine oil/mt tranny change
Some pics changing the tranny fluid today using RP Synchromax.
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03-10-2010, 05:01 PM | #4 |
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Your right, I was changing the oil at the same time and also include those pics. The long funnel like contraption is what I used to change tranny oil. During th engine oil change, I cleaned that oil filter canister pretty OCD'ish...
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03-11-2010, 10:18 AM | #6 |
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I changed the oil on my "new" 2007 328xi this morning before going to work. I picked it up with 49K miles and so a "free" oil change was not going to happen before the warranty expired.
I did not realize that so much oil was in there and it overflowed my pan and spillled on the garage floor. Oops! Now I just have to surf this site until I can find how to reset the computer. |
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