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<blockquote data-quote="E46Fanatic" data-source="post: 75931" data-attributes="member: 81">Had a good chat with our resident tranny guru KLChan over lunch.&nbsp; He says both the M52TU and M54 slushboxes are sealed units, but IF the change is done at a reputable shop it should be OK.&nbsp; Shedden&#039;s failed due to a failed oil pump in the tranny and based on his knowledge, most of the failures on the BMW tranny is due to this.&nbsp; Cant tell for sure if the new fluid caused the pump to fail (gunk got lodged in the pump??), but he has known of folks who dont have issues with trannies going kaboom after the fluild changed provided its done at a reputable shop. Basically we both agree, the fluid will not hold up for the &quot;lifetime&quot;of the car, just that how risky is the change and where its done at..So, we&#039;ll continue to monitor JPBs and Schone&#039;s case... Shedden&#039;s tranny rebuilt cost RM10k thereabouts which is about half what a new E46 slushbox would cost.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="E46Fanatic, post: 75931, member: 81"] Had a good chat with our resident tranny guru KLChan over lunch. He says both the M52TU and M54 slushboxes are sealed units, but IF the change is done at a reputable shop it should be OK. Shedden's failed due to a failed oil pump in the tranny and based on his knowledge, most of the failures on the BMW tranny is due to this. Cant tell for sure if the new fluid caused the pump to fail (gunk got lodged in the pump??), but he has known of folks who dont have issues with trannies going kaboom after the fluild changed provided its done at a reputable shop. Basically we both agree, the fluid will not hold up for the "lifetime"of the car, just that how risky is the change and where its done at.. So, we'll continue to monitor JPBs and Schone's case... Shedden's tranny rebuilt cost RM10k thereabouts which is about half what a new E46 slushbox would cost. [/QUOTE]

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