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Drooby
09-28-2004, 08:04 AM
after reading a lot of praise for this stuff , i decided to get change my tranny oil and differential oil to redline.

anyone know which redline products to use (for trans. & diff) ,how much to get and where is the best place to get them ?

thanks

632 Regal
09-28-2004, 10:29 AM
Differential 80w-90
auto trans or manual?

Drooby
09-28-2004, 10:49 AM
Differential 80w-90
auto trans or manual?

Its an automatic.
Had the tranny fluid,gasket & filter replaced 13K ago but i wanna do it myself this time (only fluid exchange) - to a synthetic.

I dont know if i have LSD or not but i will try to find out after the rain stops
will it matter with the type of redline oil to be used? - can i mix weights?

glen-sj
09-28-2004, 02:17 PM
Here is a link I used when I changed the A/T filter and oil on my 92 525ia. If I remember correctly I used Redline A/T D4, which is equal to oem. Your 95 A/T may be different due to the so call lifetime fluid used by BMW. I paid about $7 a qt. two years ago. I used around 10 qt. to flush out the system.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticles/E36-Tranny_Fluid_Auto/E36-Tranny_Fluid_Auto.htm

glen-sj

632 Regal
09-28-2004, 03:02 PM
I used royal purple in my trans, 3.50 a quart and a synthetic. As long as you stay away from no name brands and stay with a synthetic you should be just fine. Redline is also a synthetic but more like 9 bux a quart for the same ratings on the bottle, no brainer for me.