yoman1979
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Hi all,I hope everyone's having a great day so far. I am the relatively new owner of a 1997 E39 520i, the single vanos auto one. I used to own a 520i E34 before this....and the E39 has always been my dream BMW....I'm currently having issues w/ my gearbox. Here is a description of the problems:1) My mechanic told me the gearbox is leaking very slightly....but apparently can tahan for now...just monitor and topup ATF.... according to him. Not so sure about that.2) When I accelerate, there seems to be a hard barrier on the accelerator pedal whenever I reach around 2.5k RPMs...only when I jam the throttle hard can I punch that barrier and when I do so, the RPMs fly up to 5k,6k RPMs. The other day was taking a 300 km drive and when I tried to floor it (was on a hill), the RPM's refused to rise above 2.7k even when I jammed the throttle. Only later (after I stopped for petrol) did everything become as it was before.Have any of u guys experienced this before and may I ask your recommended solutions?I was also seriously considering changing engine & gearbox one shot to 528i. I checked and halfcut for 528i e39 single vanos auto cost itself is around RM 8.5k..am guessing w/ labour etc total cost would be around 14k? Given gearbox only replacement itself is around RM 5-6K (with labour), wouldn't it be better to replace engine + gearbox at the same time? My 2.0 L engine is currently at 176k kms. Furthermore.. the power and torque figures of the 528i would make the heavy E39 body much more driveable.. according to what I'm reading here in the forums.Appreciate the opinions/recommendations of all sifus out there !!Cheers