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Re: e65 oil fill

by John Burns <john@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 3, 2008 at 11:23 PM

In the 635CSi I think it took 3 litres for a fluid change, but 3 would
be kept in the torque convertor. So you were only changing about half.

It had a proper filler pipe too, ah the good old days......

> > It's a good idea to change the fluid every 60k, regardless of what BMW
> > say.
> 
> It's not really possible to change the fluid in an auto as a substantial
> quantity remains in the torque convertor which can't be drained. There's
> also the very real possibility of introducing 'foreign bodies' when
> attempting a re-fill due to the poor accessibility of the fill plug.
> 
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e65 oil fill
"paul mcmillen"  2008-05-02 23:44:46 
Re: e65 oil fill
hsg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-03 07:44:56 
Re: e65 oil fill
John Burns <john@[EMAI  2008-05-03 14:45:35 
Re: e65 oil fill
"Dave Plowman (News)  2008-05-03 15:18:15 
Re: e65 oil fill
John Burns <john@[EMAI  2008-05-03 23:23:13 
Re: e65 oil fill
"Dave Plowman (News)  2008-05-04 00:01:16 
Re: e65 oil fill
kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]   2008-05-05 09:55:50 

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