+1 for me as well. Gm trans. Plus it's cost effective and can be found local. Buy the filter kit from pelican parts and save some $$Originally Posted by Dave1027
Re use your tranny pan bolts no need for new ones.
Messaggero
+1 for me as well. Gm trans. Plus it's cost effective and can be found local. Buy the filter kit from pelican parts and save some $$
Re use your tranny pan bolts no need for new ones.
Soldier
bmw told me i have the A5s 325z, thats the zf tranny right?! thats what i got from my research, anyone know of an alternative oil ? or should i just order the zf oil from pelican, (being in canada sucks cuz of the customs...:/)
Enforcer
That sounds right...
In the US, all Step transmissions are supposedly GM in ZHPs as the switch to the GM tranny occurred before a Step was available in the US.
Since you look to not be in the US... and you have an 03 330i, it is more likely to be a ZF.
BMW CCA # 510252
Messaggero
If I recall the A5S 360R and A5S 390R are the GM auto boxes.
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Changed the title to automatic from auto-tragic. Let us know how it goes.
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well last 3 weeeks have been intense with midterms, and the buses werent running due a strike here in saskatoon ! soo hectic. i can finally sit down and order my parts. ill keep you all posted.
and thank you john for doin that!
Soldier
alright i got some new questions. got a week off so hoping to get some work done. i finally got hold of a place that has redline fluid in town but the filter n gasket will take a while to come in. so should i just do a drain and fill with new fluid (keeping the filter in), then when the filter comes in redo it?
Messaggero
Thts a lot of work to put up on stands just to drain and re fill and then do it again a week or so later. I did the double fill and drain all at once while up on jack stands. Just put in gear and roll through the gears slowly. Make sure your dsc is off otherwise the car will sense loss of traction and deploy the brakes. Ask me how I know. Also make sure the pan is level not just the car...the pan is angled to hold more fluid on one end. I had to lift my rear end significantly higher than the front of the car, this also ensures proper fill level when you add new fluid. Hope this helps.
Wiseguy
X2...
Wait for everything and do it once as its kinda a PITA job.
Ecstuning has the Redline kits.
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Soldier
well im not planning on doing it in my garage, will be taking car to friends shop, im not dealing with jack stands with this pita job! haha! and i was going to order the full kits from ecs, but shipping is equal price to the shipping... but thanks for the heads up wolf!
im just going to wait for the filter/gasket to come in, then ill just do what u said tigertater. just do a double drain n fill at the shop.
car has been driving fine as long as i dont get into fifth ! so annoying tho, plus snow just hit us hard!
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