» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | | 10-16-2008, 11:29 PM | #1 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 25 | gear oil my tranny shifts a little rough. does this mean i need to apply gear oil to the gear box? how do i do it? | | | 10-17-2008, 12:06 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | auto or manual? __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 10-17-2008, 01:34 AM | #3 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 25 | manual | | | 10-17-2008, 02:41 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 10-18-2008, 05:04 AM | #5 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 25 | a manual transmission has a fluid that needs to be drained just like an automatic transmission? if so, is there a filter or is it just a drain and refill procedure? | | | 10-18-2008, 05:23 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Minneapolis Posts: 1,587 | Quote: Originally Posted by jerseyshore7 a manual transmission has a fluid that needs to be drained just like an automatic transmission? if so, is there a filter or is it just a drain and refill procedure? | You're lucky with a manual transmission; it's simple, plus there's no filter. Remove the fill plug first*, then remove the drain plug and drain the fluid. Put the drain plug back in a tighten to spec. Use a fluid pump to pump about 1.1 quarts back in to the transmission. When fluid spills out of the fill plug, it's full. Replace and tighten the fill plug to spec. The fluid pump is available from any part store. Here's the procedure for an E46 325i which has essentially the same transmission as the 318ti. http://www.bmw325i.net/maint_tran_fluid.shtml For some reason the pics on the site aren't working right now. * Remove the fill plug first just in case you strip the fill plug trying to remove it AFTER you drain all the fluid. There'd be no easy way to refill the transmission. | | | 10-18-2008, 03:27 PM | #7 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 25 | where are the filler and drain plugs located? also, the site said to fill it back up with automatic transmission fluid, is that right? | | | 10-18-2008, 04:12 PM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | If you look at the link I posted there are pictures of the fill and drain plugs on the transmission. You should search to find answers about the ATF, there is a lot of discussion about this topic. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 10-18-2008, 05:19 PM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 194 | The M44 gear box should get MTF2 oil... Thats a spesial oil made of BMW for BMW! I used a normal oil like Royal Purple Synchromax i think, at first... Then it started beein more and more rough... so i went to the BMW workshop I worked at and bought 1,5l of MTF2 ( Manual Transmittion Fluid v2... its a upgrade of MTF1 thats not sold anymore )... After draining out the gearfluid that was already on (not old fluid) and filled up with MTF2, I took a short drive, and It was smooth again! Yeah, on manual its just to drain it off, and refill the new fluid... I think the Autos got a filter... Edit, the M44 gear box just need 1,2L of gear oil i think, not sure... but its not more than 2L thats for sure! | | | 10-20-2008, 08:09 PM | #10 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 25 | which grade of visocity is best? and what is the difference between royal purple synchromax and royal purple max gear?? | | | 10-20-2008, 08:12 PM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,525 | I use redline MTL. Never had any problems, and my transmission is much smoother after switching to RL-MTL than when I was running the stock BMW fluid. I would imagine that probably has more to do with clean fluid vs. old fluid. | | | 10-20-2008, 08:16 PM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | Synchromax is a transmission fluid, max gear is a gear oil. I used the synchro in my trans and the 75w-90 gear oil in my diff. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 10-20-2008, 08:23 PM | #13 | Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: new york Posts: 25 | so when i drain it, i wanna refill with the transmission fluid correct? sorry im pretty much a noob. where and how do you apply the gear oil? | | | 10-20-2008, 08:52 PM | #14 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Elizabeth City, NC Posts: 3,877 | Yeah the trans fluid goes in the transmission. Gear oil goes in the rear differential. http://www.unofficialbmw.com/e36/dri...iff_fluid.html There are lots of threads about it if you search these forums. __________________ ~Dave~ 98 328ti Morea Grun slicktop 11 128i space gray slicktop 13 JGC WK2 Deep Cherry Search | RealOEM | | | 10-20-2008, 11:01 PM | #15 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: state college, pa Posts: 3,431 | I started out using Ron Stygar's site. He's very thorough, but some of the pictures have gone the way of the buffalo. __________________ I scream, you scream, we all scream for ZOMBIES. | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Thread Tools | | Display Modes | Linear Mode | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |