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Thread: how can I check trans fluid?

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    Default how can I check trans fluid?

    I follow the instruction in www.bmwe34.net how to check trans fluid, but I accidentally open the wrong one and I loose like one qtr, I do then the especific instruction, when I remove the plug (they said: a small stream of oil runs out, the level is correct), a lot of oil runs out. So what now? CAN SOME BODY HELP ME?
    The color of the fluid is brown-red, that mind some thing?

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    Without taking time to do the research...I am sorta confussed cause I thought there was only one plug that could be removed. So, what year and type of trans do you own?
    '94 540I A (149K miles on orig. Nik motor) & EAT enhanced

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    Auto or manual 540?

    1995 540i/6 Sport Pkg w/E.A.T. chip and Nikasil injection Duey's Gallery

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    Nuclear powered?
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    Quote Originally Posted by 632 Regal
    Nuclear powered?
    Jeff, you're being silly...a flux capacitor is as good as it gets!

    1995 540i/6 Sport Pkg w/E.A.T. chip and Nikasil injection Duey's Gallery

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    My trans is automatic, and are 2 holes, one is drain and the other one is filler plug, they both under the trans (ZF TRANS 5 HP 30)

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    the top hole is the fill level or check plug, the lower one is the drain plug?
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    No they both are in the bottom. Check this site, mine is 5Hp 30

    http:http://www.bmwe34.net/e34main/Mainte...0Autotrans.pdf

    The filler one is like 2 or 3 inches deep.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DueyT
    Jeff, you're being silly...a flux capacitor is as good as it gets!
    95 540 six speed, Rondell 58 wheels, nothin else special
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    1.21 gigawatts

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