Looks fine.
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Looks fine.
I thought so too, its much easier to see on transparent material.
was just browsing through and.... noticed someone had posted a pic of their undies :D (Apologies in advance for the quality humour)
Looks perfectly normal to me.
You need to be sure you replace the tranny fluid every 40,000km religiously. Worn and blown trannies are too expensive to risk
If you do that (or can manage it more frequenty) you'll do fine. I'd suggest doing it three times in the first 20,000 you put on it if you don't know when it was last done). If you tow stuff or race the car- cut those numbers in half.
Using syntehtic gets you more life, but I'd rather have an opportunity to remove the 'filings' and inspect the pan without dumping 10 times the cost on fluid I'm going to change again anyway.
To change it simply follow the Bentley manual's instructions... get yourself a few trans mission kits (For an e34 535 they are about $20 on eBay and will fit your ZF 4HP22 tranny). Suggest you get a few engine oil and air filters too whilst you are at it.
Every time you pulll the pan you should have a new gasket and filter ready to go back on. :D
use dexron III/mercon castrol, its up to about 2.50 a quart now since oil has been going up like crazy.. It will take less than 3 quarts to change on your car. The procedure is here on Bruno's site.
When you go to fill it back up, add 2 quarts into the dipstick hole with a long thin transmission fluid funnel then start it up and let it warm up without the dipstick in. Change gears from park to reverse,neutral,drive etc a couple of times then let it idle for awhile, once the fluid has warmed up ,stick the dipstick back in with it idling in park and see where the fluid level is , it will take between 2.5 and 2 3/4 quarts total usually on a normal change , only add a quarter of a quart at a time after your initial 2 quart fill, it comes up fast on the dipstick so you don't want to overfill it..
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