Thread: Let's talk Transmission Maintenance...
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Old 11-26-2011, 07:46 PM
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Ardy and JCL,This thread has been fun to read. Who has that much time? But I thank you for the different perspectives.

I'm going to change my fluid today with M1 atf. This has worked great for me in the past, every 50,000 miles. Maybe I'm deluded but I think I'm extending the life of those parts that might fail that would lead to trans failure. But, That's just me and I also believe that at the end of rainbows are huge pots of gold.
Well that's all fine and dandy, and M1 is a good fluid for many applications, but I don't think the ZF unit in the X5 is one of them. Please do yourself a favor and get the proper ZF Lifeguard fluid for your tranny. Here's where I got mine The CTSC - ZF Parts
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