Just ordered stuff to do MT and Diff fluid swaps

"If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent" (essextee) 03/30/2019 at 17:28 • Filed to: None

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Can’t wait to see how I manage to get stymied by this supposedly simple job.

Determining the right oils was actually annoyingly difficult. BMW lists them as lifetime items so the official literature doesn’t give fluid specs or capacities. That meant I had to dredge through forum post after forum post of people squabbling over the correct brands and weights. The general consensus was MT90 for the trans and 75W90 for the diff.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/30/2019 at 17:38

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I used that in the M37, I can’t break them in until the truck is done so there it sits. We ll let’s see, I think it was Amsoil 75-90 in the axles but we are using the Redline now I believe. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/30/2019 at 17:51

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Did you call Red Line and ask them which flavor to use?

I’ve had excellent results using Red Line in manual transmissions and transaxles.

Longtime Lurker > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/30/2019 at 18:10

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I used the Red line MTL in mine.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 03/30/2019 at 18:12

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They said to use Grape or Banana but not Rockin’ Rasp berry.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/30/2019 at 18:24

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Hey now, that’s correctly referred to as smurf blood :)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/30/2019 at 18:28

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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 03/30/2019 at 18:54

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I put this stuff in the Mini’s trans about 15k miles ago:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002INJ69I/ref=oh_aui_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Red Line 50205 MTL 75W80 GL-4

Seems to be working well.