Successful Trans Oil change

[Godstar]

E53 2005 4.4I V8 @ 193K

Gentlemen,

I've had the car a few weeks now. Bought it in auction and when i picked it up I thought I'd bought a lemon.
Bump, bump, bump noise from the front that sounded like a flattie.Whiring and droning on acceleration.Poor acceleration and bad fuel consumption.Gears slipping and sloping from one gear to the next.


I changed all the liquids, plugs and filters. Fixed up the rear boot lock which wasn't closing. Put in a new battery and this calmed thing down a little but I was sure the trans was a gonna as it was still playing up. So after a few nights on here and BimmerXXX. I though I'd give the dreaded transoil change a go.

Popped into my local VW supplies and bought 4L of G052162A2 Trans Oil @ $170.00Cracked open the 13mm allen Key at the bottom of the sump.Drained off approx 4L from the drain plug (whilst cold) and freed the coffee brown oil out.Replaced the drain plug.Pumped in approx 1.5L of fresh oil until started to flow out. Replaced the filler plug hand tightStarted the engine and went through the gears, returning to Park.Left the engine running.Opened the fill plug and pumped in another 1.5L until it started flowing out again.Took her for a ride and I now have a Bimmer that feels brand new.

I think I'l jack the back up and put in the last 300ml and see how she goes. I read somewhere that the BMW engineers over fill there boxes from factory. If it starts playing up I'll level up and drain off.

Hope that helps.