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      03-12-2018, 09:46 AM   #5
ThomasR
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Originally Posted by dreamspeed View Post
Keep us posted on the ATF change. I'm going back and forth on whether or not I want to do it. Keep reading at the tricky procedure with having to get the fluid up to temp to get exactly the right amount in.
Nah it's nothing. I've done it on my wife's E90. Same deal. Get the car level. Drain it. Change pan. Refill, crank up, go from Park to Drive and back a few times. Turn off car. Make sure the transmission temp is above 30 degrees Celsius. Fill until it pours out.

You can use a thermometer you stick in the hole or an infrared. Just make darn sure it's above 30c before you button it up! My tech adviser told me that the ZF transmission tech(manufacturer of the transmission) that came out to their dealership for training stressed that!
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