oil recomandations for a getrag 5 spd manual?

[skr]

not realy sure what i should put in it, not realy sure what the people at the garage have put in it... it works perfectly but recently i got some serious doubts about the quality of their work. thinking about changing it miself from now on. i searched and searched and didn't find any fluid specifications.
it's ATF right? i know castrol is the best option, but not realy sure what to go with... dexron 3, tqd, ?

[Robin-535im]

not realy sure what i should put in it, not realy sure what the people at the garage have put in it... it works perfectly but recently i got some serious doubts about the quality of their work. thinking about changing it miself from now on. i searched and searched and didn't find any fluid specifications.
it's ATF right? i know castrol is the best option, but not realy sure what to go with... dexron 3, tqd, ?
Over here we use Redline MTF usually, don't know if you have access to that over there. That's what I use in my 535 5-speeds, and it's been recommended by many on the board.

HTH,

Robin

[Bill R.]

then this list of approved oils should have something that you can find in europe..

3.0 Transmission oil for transmissions with orange label


Note:


The orange label with the words "ATF Oil!" is located next to the oil filler plug.


BMW transmission oil


Trade name BMW part number Container size


Manual transmission oil 81 22 9 407 558 60-litre barrel


has been superseded by automatic


transmission fluid


81 22 9 400 275 60-litre barrel


Expressly approved automatic transmission fluids (ATF) for manual transmission


Trade name Manufacturer/Supplier


AGIP ATF II D AGIP PETROLI SPA, ROM/I


AGIP ATF D 309 AGIP PETROLI SPA, ROM/I


AUTOL GETRIEBEÖL ATF-D AGIP SCHMIERTECHNIK, WÜRZBURG/D


ARAL GETRIEBEÖL ATF 22 ARAL AG, BOCHUM/D


AVIA FLUID ATF 86 AVIA MINERALÖL AG, MÜNCHEN/D


BLASOL 229 BLASER SWISSLUBE, HASLE-RÜEGSAU/CH


FRONTOL UNIVERSAL ATF 100 BP OIL DEUTSCHLAND, HAMBURG/D


AUTRAN MBX BP OIL INTERNATIONAL, LONDON/GB


MOTOREX ATF SUPER D-22656 BUCHER+CIE AG, LANGENTHAL/CH


CIDISOL-HYDR.-FLUID DEXRON IID C.J. DIEDERICHS SÖHNE, WUPPERTAL/D


PAMATIC FLUID 289 CALPAM GMBH, ASCHAFFENBURG/D


CALTEX ATF-HDA CALTEX PETROLEUM CORP., LONDON/GB


CASTROL TQ-D (22765) CASTROL LTD, SWINDON/GB


CASTROL TQ-D (21289) CASTROL LTD, SWINDON/GB


CASTROL ATF 21293 CASTROL LTD, SWINDON/GB


CEPSA ATF-70 CEPSA, MADRID/E


ATF 289 DE OLIEBRON B.V., ZWIJNDRECHT/NL


DEA FLUID 4011 DEA MINERALÖL AG, HAMBURG/D


DEAMATIC DEA MINERALÖL AG, HAMBURG/D


MAC ATF D-21666 DEUTSCHE SHELL AG, HAMBURG/D


UNIMATIC DUCKHAMS OIL, BROMLEY/GB


TRANSANTAR DF2 ELF LUBRIFIANTS, PARIS/F


ELFMATIC G2 22329 ELF LUBRIFIANTS, PARIS/F


SBS 3.0 Transmission oil for transmissions with orange label BMW AG - TIS 30.08.2005 11:05





HUILE RENAULT DIESEL STARMATIC ELF LUBRIFIANTS, PARIS/F


ANTAR 22329 ELF LUBRIFIANTS, PARIS/F


ELLMO AUTOMATIC FLUID 22233 ELLER-MONTAN-COMP., DUISBURG/D


TRANSMISIONES AUTOMATICAS D2 ERTOIL SA, MADRID/E


ESSO ATF D (21065) ESSO AG, HAMBURG/D


ESSO ATF D (21611) ESSO AG, HAMBURG/D


FINAMATIC II-D FINA EUROPE SA, BRUSSELS/B


SILKTRAN MP-ATF FUCHS LUBRICANTS (UK), DERBY/GB


YORK LT 785 GINOUVES GEORGES SA, LA FARLEDE/F


ATF 2 GULF OIL LTD, CHELTENHAM/GB


KENDALL ATF DEXRON IID HANDEL-MIJ NOVIOL B.V., NIJMEGEN/NL


HOMBERG-GETRIEBE-FLUID D HOMBERG GMBH+CO KG, WUPPERTAL/D


IGOL ATF 420 IGOL FRANCE, PARIS/F


INA-ATF SUPER INA D.D. RAFINERIJA ZAGREB/HR


TRANSMISSION FLUID DX ITALIANA PETROLI, GENOVA/I


SELECTOL FLUID GETR.ÖL IID 23 KÄPPLER K., STUTTGART/D


DEUTZ OEL ATF-D KLÖCKNER ENERGIEHANDEL GMBH, KÖLN/D


ATF DEXRON IID KROON OIL BV, ALMELO/NL


Q8 AUTO 14 (II D-21883) KUWAIT PETROLEUM, HOOGVLIET/NL


Q8 AUTO 14 (II D-21677) KUWAIT PETROLEUM, HOOGVLIET/NL


LEPRINXOL FLUID CN LEPRINCE+SIVEKE GMBH, HERFORD/D


MEGOL ATF IID LIQUI MOLY / MEGUIN, ULM/D


INTER OIL INTER MATIC ATF D2 MAURAN SA, ODARS/F


PENNASOL FLUID-GETR.ÖL TYP PCN MIN.ÖL.RAFFIN. DOLLBERGEN, UETZE/D


MOBIL ATF 220 D21412/D22187 MOBIL OIL, WEDEL/D


MOBIL ATF 220 D20104/D21685 MOBIL OIL, WEDEL/D


CARRIER ATF MOL HUNGARIAN OIL, KOMARON/H


LIQUIMATIC DII MORRIS LUBRICANTS, SHREWSBURY/GB


TASSILIA NAFTEC, ALGIER/DZ


NANHAI ATF (D2) NANHAI SUPERIOR LUB-OIL, CHINA


GALAX MATIC DAC NIS-RAFINERIJA NAFTE BEOGRAD/YU





ATF T 4011 OEST G. MIN.ÖLWERK, FREUDENSTADT/D


OMV ATF D II (D22427) OMV-AG, SCHWECHAT/A


OPTIMOL ATF T 4011 OPTIMOL ÖLWERKE, HAMBURG/D


UNIVERSAL ATF-D OSWALD KLUTH, BARGFELD-STEGEN/D


MULTIPURPOSE TRANSM. FLUID IID PAKELO MOTOR OIL, SAN BONIFACIO/I


PANOLIN ATF MULTI 21996 PANOLIN AG, MADETSWIL/CH


AERO-LINE ATF-D PRINZ-SCHULTE, FRECHEN/D


AERO-LINE ATF-2 PRINZ-SCHULTE, FRECHEN/D


REPSOL MATIC ATF REPSOL DISTRIBUCION SA, MADRID/E


GULF ATF DII D-22233 S.A.E.L., ALCOBENDAS/E


WINTERSHALL ATF D SCHMIERSTOFFRAFFINERIE SALZBERGEN/D


ASEOL ATF DB UNIVERSAL SHELL ASEOL AG, BERN/CH


SHELL DONAX TA (D-21666S) SHELL INTERNATIONAL, LONDON/GB


SHELL ATF 9226 Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd


MADIT AUTOMATIC SLOVNAFT JS CO, BRATISLAVA/SK


DEXRON 2 D SONOL ISRAEL LTD, HAIFA/IL


SOPRAL 164 SOPROGRASA SA, MADRID/E


TECNOL TECMATIC D2 STL TECNOL, ESCALQUENS/F


SUNAMATIC 149 SUN OIL COMPANY, AARTSELAAR/B


SUNAMATIC 153 SUN OIL COMPANY, AARTSELAAR/B


TAMOIL ATF II D TAMOIL LUBES, GENEVA/CH


TEXAMATIC 4291 TEXACO SERVICES LTD, BRUSSELS/B


TEXAMATIC 4011 TEXACO SERVICES LTD, BRUSSELS/B


TEXAMATIC 4261 TEXACO SERVICES LTD, BRUSSELS/B


TOTAL FLUIDE IID TOTAL RAFFINAGE DISTR., PARIS/F


TOTAL FLUIDE ATX TOTAL RAFFINAGE DISTR., PARIS/F


TOTAL FLUIDE ATD TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA, JOHANNESBURG/ZA


TURBO UNIV. ATF MERCON 4011 TURBOTANK BÖSCHE+BÖDEKER, BREMEN/D


UFALUB ATF UFANEFTECHIM REFINERY, UFA/RUS


UNIL MATIC CN T 4011 UNIL DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, BREMEN/D


VALVOLINE MULTI-PURPOSE ATF VALVOLINE INC., LEXINGTON/USA


VALVOLINE ATF TYPE D VALVOLINE INTERNAT., DORDRECHT/NL


MOVARA ATF-GETRIEBEÖL DIID VEBA OEL AG, GELSENKIRCHEN/D





VEEDOL ATF-M (22764) VEEDOL INTERNATIONAL, SWINDON/GB


YACCO ATF D YACCO SA, ST PIERRE-LES-ELBEUF/F


DIVINOL FLUID 666 ZELLER+GMELIN GMBH&CO, EISLINGEN/D


















not realy sure what i should put in it, not realy sure what the people at the garage have put in it... it works perfectly but recently i got some serious doubts about the quality of their work. thinking about changing it miself from now on. i searched and searched and didn't find any fluid specifications.
it's ATF right? i know castrol is the best option, but not realy sure what to go with... dexron 3, tqd, ?

[Anthony (M5 in Calgary)]

Only 1 US supplier in the whole list and none from the Great White North.

I just put Redline D4 ATF in mine and have noticed an immediate improvement in shifting. I used to have a bit of a "chunk" into 2nd with dino ATF as supplied by the local stealer but it now shifts smoothly into all gears. I can even get it into 2nd at 160kph ;)

[skr]

had no idea there were so many aproved supliers... feel a lot better now that i am sure it's ATF. redline is not available round here, i'll probably go with castrol.