so,

AAMCO say it needs to be rebuilt, $2160 not including unknown hard parts, does include new torque converter.

With 36k warranty comes to $2602, with lifetime warranty $3904. Their tranny guy has the best zf bmw reputation in town, so it's not about the rebuilder.

His first inclination was that it acted like it was low on fluid. That's what my indy said too. However, they both put the car up on a lift hot and both times fluid puked out immediately. Now the symptoms are a little more pronounced from those two pukings.

Isn't the fluid level temperature sensitive? I thought you were supposed to start the car cold and do your fill at a certain temperature to get the level right. If that is the case, couldn't they be measuing level at too high a temperature.

Before I start to contemplate $3000 worth of tranny fixin or buy a donor M5 and make a full conversion, shouldn't I check it one more time?

I'm hoping Terry Sayther can sort this out with me.

any thoughts on temperature sensitive filling? Anyone? What's your favorite fluid?

best,

gng