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Originally Posted by David.X5
I would be careful of the "flush" step. In a garage, they pump generic atf through the transmission. I've never found a place that does this with the $20-$40/liter synthetic fluid specified by BMW.
I did drain, drop pan to change filter, cleaned pan and refilled with Pentosin ATF1 at 135k miles. Repeat if you want to change a higher percentage of the fluid. About 2-3 liters is retained each time. Mines been going strong for another 10k miles since. Definitely seemed a little low at the time.
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Perhaps that's why the trans goes after flush at one of those trans shop that perform the flush.
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