luckyguy19
01-31-2005, 07:10 PM
Hello
I own an E34 540i with a 5HP30. I had a very wierd thing happen to my trans. The trans oil cooler ruptured internally mixing coolant with my trans oil. I flushed it out with the proper Shell fluid a couple of times. I wanted to know if anyone has had this happen, and might know how long my trans will last now. I work for a BMW dealer, and none of the techs ever heard of this happening before, so we're really not sure what to expect. Its almost impossible to get out all the fluid because some of it is pumped into the torque converter. Even after flushing it for the second time, you could still tell there was coolant in the fluid. As everyone knows the fluid is very expensive, and therefore we didn't want to flush it anymore. Any thoughts, or experiance on this would be appreciated.
I own an E34 540i with a 5HP30. I had a very wierd thing happen to my trans. The trans oil cooler ruptured internally mixing coolant with my trans oil. I flushed it out with the proper Shell fluid a couple of times. I wanted to know if anyone has had this happen, and might know how long my trans will last now. I work for a BMW dealer, and none of the techs ever heard of this happening before, so we're really not sure what to expect. Its almost impossible to get out all the fluid because some of it is pumped into the torque converter. Even after flushing it for the second time, you could still tell there was coolant in the fluid. As everyone knows the fluid is very expensive, and therefore we didn't want to flush it anymore. Any thoughts, or experiance on this would be appreciated.