![]() ![]() This morning was the first time I was able to test out the new oil and let me tell you.Mike was rightįisrt gear engagement is now crisp and direct. I was able to flush all the oil and put exactly 2.5 qts back in the transmission. After switching to Redline MTL, these problems started to go away and as Mike Miller now calls Redline MTL "mother's milk for manual gearboxes", i made the switch and replaced the OEM oil (with 800 miles) to Redline MTL. This was also "confirmed" in my mind by an article i read, written by Mike Miller on Redline oils, where he states back in the day, BMW trannys had a life span of 60k (which coincidentally is when mine was replaced) while using OEM oils. I was seriously starting to question my choice in MT vs DCTĪfter reading that other members have also had their tranny replaced at around the same mileage as mine, it got me thinking that perhaps the OEM oil and BMW's "extended" maintenance was just not up tp par to what this tranny needs. ![]() OK, so I did and while things loosened up a bit, it was still a PITA to shift. I was annoyed at this point and thought I needed to break in the tranny. Having read and experienced how "annoying" it is to shift from 1->2 and 2->3, I thought a fresh MT was going to fix the problem.WRONG! While shifting was improved, the 1st gear hard engagement was still there, having to basically find my way into 1st gear gate and then babying the shift to second, and notchiness in third. ![]() Hi all, as many have read in my other posts, the dealer replaced my transmission at ~62k miles (I can check on the exact mileage later) as it was diagnosed with bad syncros. ![]()
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