Originally Posted by V8 00USH

As you say....completely different type of gearbox coupled to a completely different type of engine which also should be worth noting runs substantially cooler. So really bears zero relevance to this post.

In fact the only similarity between the 2 gearboxes is that they are both automatic!

You'd struggle to find an original 5HP24 box in an X5 4.6is with 290,000 miles on it that's for sure!