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<blockquote data-quote="B33mEr" data-source="post: 490522" data-attributes="member: 13609"><p>Gearbox and differential oil change</p><p></p><p>Did some maintenance today and decided to try my friend workshop which is at USJ19 ... Changed my gearbox oil and differential oil which i think is relevant for SMG owners :-</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Gearbox Oil</u></strong></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/12022011140.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>BMW MTF-LT2 - alternative is Redline MTL (RM55 per bottle)</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Differential Oil</u></strong></p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011178.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Didn't use BMW's offering because i've been using Redline gear oil 75W90 since early on and very satisfied with the results.</p><p></p><p>Open the fill plug 1st</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011176.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Only then open the drain plug ... Oil is pretty clean actually but really stinks due to high sulphur content ... </p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011177.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Since the fill plug is pretty tight and at vertical angle we need to use a hand pump or a bottle squirter ... you'll know when it's enough when the fill plug starts to drip gear oil.</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011180.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now the gearbox</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011193.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The fill in plug is up there ... It's a tight space. To access the fill plug on the gearbox we need to remove the gearbox support and few pieces of heat shields ... once remove we just open up the fill plug</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011189.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Once done then we just open the drain plug ... Note the cylinder which is the SMG pressure accumulator</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011190.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Once drained again we need to use a pump to drive the fluid in the fill plug</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011191.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The SMG gearbox used about 1.8-2 liters of gearbox oil ... The remaining oil is then poured back into the MTF container for future use :rock:</p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011192.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Surprisingly the gearbox oil was quite clear and clean even after 70k km of use but i'm sure there are fine metal particles floating in that oil ... </p><p></p><p>Bonus pics:</p><p>Oil Leak ... lol </p><p><img src="http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011194.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="B33mEr, post: 490522, member: 13609"] Gearbox and differential oil change Did some maintenance today and decided to try my friend workshop which is at USJ19 ... Changed my gearbox oil and differential oil which i think is relevant for SMG owners :- [B][U]Gearbox Oil[/U][/B] [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/12022011140.jpg[/IMG] BMW MTF-LT2 - alternative is Redline MTL (RM55 per bottle) [B][U]Differential Oil[/U][/B] [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011178.jpg[/IMG] Didn't use BMW's offering because i've been using Redline gear oil 75W90 since early on and very satisfied with the results. Open the fill plug 1st [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011176.jpg[/IMG] Only then open the drain plug ... Oil is pretty clean actually but really stinks due to high sulphur content ... [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011177.jpg[/IMG] Since the fill plug is pretty tight and at vertical angle we need to use a hand pump or a bottle squirter ... you'll know when it's enough when the fill plug starts to drip gear oil. [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011180.jpg[/IMG] Now the gearbox [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011193.jpg[/IMG] The fill in plug is up there ... It's a tight space. To access the fill plug on the gearbox we need to remove the gearbox support and few pieces of heat shields ... once remove we just open up the fill plug [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011189.jpg[/IMG] Once done then we just open the drain plug ... Note the cylinder which is the SMG pressure accumulator [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011190.jpg[/IMG] Once drained again we need to use a pump to drive the fluid in the fill plug [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011191.jpg[/IMG] The SMG gearbox used about 1.8-2 liters of gearbox oil ... The remaining oil is then poured back into the MTF container for future use :rock: [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011192.jpg[/IMG] Surprisingly the gearbox oil was quite clear and clean even after 70k km of use but i'm sure there are fine metal particles floating in that oil ... Bonus pics: Oil Leak ... lol [IMG]http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp304/beemmer/Maintenance/19022011194.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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