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Originally Posted by sunny5280
Oh what the hell:
- Had you or your mechanic changed your transmission fluid at any time prior to that transmission valve body failure? No.
The vehicle had approximately 85K on it. To my knowledge the fluid had never been changed (though I bought it with 80K on it). My mechanics cost on the part from BMW was $1,800. My mechanic ordered it directly from ZF (we have a local distributor here in Denver) at a cost of $550. He passed that cost along to me with no mark up. After the work was completed the problem was fixed.
My mechanic knows his stuff and goes out of his way to treat his customers fairly. This is one example. |
Glad to hear it. I like to think I treated my customers fairly as well.
So, you had a transmission failure at 85k that a fluid change did not precipitate (as far as anybody knows). Now, the second question was do you or your mechanic think that regular fluid changes would have prevented the valve body failure? (sorry, I don't know the failure mode, or I could form an opinion)
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