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Originally Posted by haigha
I used my trusty MityVac 7201 and the side port on the transmission. I filled it with 8L of fluid and put almost all of it back in. I think it's a lot easier than trying to fill from the port on the bottom. From what I could determine, the side port is at the same level as the top of the tube on the bottom fill port.
My friend, who was a BMW Master tech, said they did it that way at the dealer, but he had left the dealer about a decade before this model came out.
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There was mention on a post in this forum a while back that filling from the side on a GA6HP26X could result in a 1 quart overfill. But I was curious and couldn't find any side plug. In any case, I didn't find it hard to fill from the correct fill hole which is on the pan- just need to locate inside the fill hole with your finger the gap in the standpipe (two of them) and push in your oil hose in one of them.
Here's a video showing it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjdjqDqgLj0
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05-12-2025, 03:38 AM
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