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Re: 88' 735i Transmission trouble (archive)
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Posted by Henri Junkkala on April 03, 2001 at 06:06:24:

In Reply to: 88' 735i Transmission trouble posted by Mark on April 01, 2001 at 19:06:09:

Well, my knowledge of automatic transmissions (rather rare in Europe) is quite limited even though I've had a bunch of cars with auto tranny.

That sounds like problems with the fluid. When was the last time you had your tranny fluid and tranny filter changed? People think it never needs to be changed but that is not true, the tranny oils quality after 100,000 miles and 10 years is quite different than it was when originally inserted to the tranny.

When the oil heats up it enlargens so it could be that you're having too little fluid also.

The manual says to check the fluid level like this:
1. With engine warm, leave it running, gear on P
2. Wipe the dipstick with cloth then reinsert
3. Level should be between the markers, if its not then add some. The amount of oil between the 2 markers is 0.3 litre.

Hope this helps,

Henkka
1990 750i
recently bought, going to the shop for engine& tranny oil and filters change; just in case.



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