TRANNY PROBLEM... sorry to post but i gotta know the answer quick!!!

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Originally Posted by uscharalph

Do you have an ATF dipstick on your car?

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my 7/91 1992 525i has one. im assuming, bill, that you are speaking of the build date of the tranny, not the car.

dipstick, i'm assuming its the car build date but maybe not... do you have the pan with both plugs in it? if so someone may have installed a dipstick in yours. or if not someone may have replaced a bad transmission with a used one from an earlier model.

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Originally Posted by ryan roopnarine

my 7/91 1992 525i has one. im assuming, bill, that you are speaking of the build date of the tranny, not the car.

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i only have drain holes below. i remember seeing in the service history that a tranny was rebuilt, so i don't have a reason to believe that yet another tranny was put into the car.

My car does have a dipstick in it for the ATF but its one of the black ones with an arrow - i couldnt get it out (was afraid of breaking it if i pulled too hard.) But now in a few hours im going to fill it up with fluid. I will let everyone know how it turns out...

Thank you all, Artem

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I fear that you have a bad trans. Why do yoiu suppose that you got such a deal on the car?

direction of the arrow while pulling it out. Then you can check the fluid like you would on a normal one. And you add through the dipstick hole as well.

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Originally Posted by ArtemLepilov

My car does have a dipstick in it for the ATF but its one of the black ones with an arrow - i couldnt get it out (was afraid of breaking it if i pulled too hard.) But now in a few hours im going to fill it up with fluid. I will let everyone know how it turns out...

Thank you all, Artem

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Probably low fluid... but I would change the fluid regardless.

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Originally Posted by Tiger

Probably low fluid... but I would change the fluid regardless.

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I thought you need to slowly change out the ATF if it has never been changed. As far as I can tell, mine has never been changed. My plan was to do a tranmission service (Change filter and gasket) and then just replace what fluid I tokk out at that time. Slowly getting to the point of getting to flush to new fluid.

I just added a quart of ATF and the problem lessened. However It is still there - i believe i need more ATF in there... I used Mobil ATF III. I was wondering if anyone had a way of telling when the fluid will overflow or when it is at the good level.

Please let me know.

-Artem