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Originally Posted by TiAgX5
As I stated in post #11, changed OE fluid at 100k miles and now at over 150k miles including ks of miles subjecting the trans to 12k lbs of truck/trailer weight to pull around. These +50k miles have been on Castrol UltraSyn Multi Import ATF that meets the LT 71141 spec. If non-OE fluid+100K miles B4 fluid change=trans failure, I would certainly have not be able to reach 150k miles on my the trans in my X.
IMHO, Me thinks that some who've had a trans fail after switching to a non-OE ATF had some other trans issues that caused the failure.
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100% agree. My indies, 3 owners, and a ton of shops, had 1 trans failure after oil change in the entire time of running shops. They said they knew that trans was going to die anyway. When they changed the fluid, car would not move at all. They put old fluid back in, and it drove to the trans shop.
They say that BMW lifetime fluid bullshit is bullshit. Same as start the car and drive right away. Remember, BMW has to make the car last to 100K. After that its profits for them again when you show up with whatever is busted.
So don't change $80 worth of oil, and save up $4k worth of transmission. Yea, that logic is brilliant. Or maybe $80 worth of oil, with get you to 150k miles, instead of the usual 100K. Think about it guys.
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