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Originally Posted by JCL
We've had this discussion many times before Sunny, and I am not out to change your mind. You have your mind made up. Fair enough. All of the posts that we provided to you documenting transmission failures post fluid change on past threads, you discounted as "probably a coincidence" and "anecdotal".
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Why would I change my mind when the facts haven't changed? The facts are there is not supporting data for this theory. I've requested it numerous times and each time it has never been provided. Anecdotal stories, and that's what they are, posted on a forum is not supporting data. Not trying to be a jerk about this but I have a mechanic with over 25+ years
experience working at a BMW dealership in various service capacities who tells me otherwise.
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Originally Posted by JCL
The outstanding question is, didn't you have to replace your own transmission valve body? You posted and described that in some detail back when it happened. I remember the references to your trusted independent mechanic, and a thread about your own transmission fluid change. I can't link to those discussions, because unfortunately the threads were subsequently edited. Perhaps they were leading to reader confusion about coincidences and anecdotes.
Any comment?
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I'd appreciate it if you'd keep any implications editing of posts was done to deceive others. Typically I edit a post to correct spelling / grammar errors or to rephrase a thought after I've gone back and re-read it after posting.
With that said I owned two E53 X5's. The first, a 2000 with 85K miles required the valve body to be replaced. The second, a 2001 with 108K miles on it when I purchased it, had ALL the fluids replaced when I purchased it.
You can find the first mention of the 2000 issue here:
http://www.xoutpost.com/728325-post15.html
And the first mention of the 2001 transmission fluid replacement here:
http://www.xoutpost.com/756050-post3.html
And look...neither of them show as having been edited.