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Originally Posted by JWoody
HHhhhmmm, this is a good point. My MKIV VW GLI is a daily driver with a 6SPD manual tranny, but I do 40K tranny oil changes with AMSOil. I believe in what BMW says for their vehicles, but I am considering doing 50K Tranny changes for our X5. But I plan to use BMW's oil vs AMSOil. Just my .02...
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Manual trannies are a whole different kettle o fish...IMHO
A conventional manual has no hydraulic circuits, no clutches in the fluid path, relatively low heat...fluid will last quite some time. In my M5 and 996TT I've done tranny and differential changes and the fluid is surprisingly good even at a 50k change interval. (I even wasted my money on a Used Oil Analysis on the tranny fluid at 50k in the bmw..fine, but stabilizers getting 'thin')
A
PS I wholeheartedly believe in OE fluids for changes, especially in warranty. I don't really buy into any of the 'lubricant hype' that red/roy/ams/etc is a 'better' race oil/whatever... give me frest factory fluid at decent intervals (unless it really is a race car
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