I'm afraid guys

change it see if it helps. aways start simple stuff.

sell the car as is and allow no test drives

Originally Posted by FoxEyes

sell the car as is and allow no test drives

Stop it! Now I know you're taking the p***!

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=954635

Read and absorb!

try a flush it may help, if you get it looked at and it is on its way out do a manual swap. even if you pay to do it you are looking at 3000-4000 dollars. seems like alot but a rebuilt auto is 3500 anyways and repairing yours will be 3000 and you are still stuck with a tranny that has 209000kms on it. Someone on here is selling a manual swap kit for like 1000 dollars. (add 1000 for new clutch and random parts and you are golden). seems like a big job but i did it and i couldnt be happier.

I'm gonna do the fluid change but swapping the tranny is just way out of my price range, i got maybe a 1000 in available cash right now. After fluids even less, so if i need a new tranny then looks like the car will be parked for a while. Currently i have practically no expendable income cause its gone to university. Hopefully the fluid and filter works, or else ill be taking the bus.

Where are you located in Canada?

Derek keep me updated..

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Originally Posted by DBrown

Currently i have practically no expendable income cause its gone to university.

You goofy Canadians.

Almost sounds to me like it might be low on fluid.. Do you know of any leaks? Puddles in the driveway at all?

Please read in detail. This job MUST be done correctly.
If you indeed have the ZF 5HP19,
-Fluid: ESSO LT 71141
-Oem Gasket, Filter
-Job Cannot be done properly without measuring temperature. Period. (Small secret: while you generally need to plug into onboard diagnostics to read trans temp, you can use one of those temperature laser pointers to the pan and you will be very close)
-Verify shop knows what they are doing

Fill procedure: (there is NO alternative to this)
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/att...1&d=1257110016 page 4 and 5. This document will tell you absolutely everything about the transmission and how to service it. After reading it, you will probably know more than the shop.

Also this thread is quite valuable
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=409201

Shop has all that you talked of he said that he does the fluid changes all the time. Thinks that the fluid might fix it. I made sure he's using the proper fluid and everything plus pretty honest guy.

Also I live in London Ontario during the school year at my apartment and I'm in markham (north gta) the rest I the time.

Please come back and tell us what that fluid change accomplishes.

If the fluid doesn't fix the issue. Here are a few auto auctions near you.

http://www.adesapublicauctions.ca/
http://www.mckenzieauction.com/
http://www.barrieautoauction.com/

Originally Posted by adaseb

If the fluid doesn't fix the issue. Here are a few auto auctions near you.

http://www.adesapublicauctions.ca/
http://www.mckenzieauction.com/
http://www.barrieautoauction.com/

No need for all that trouble dude.
Get a can of plasti-dip and dip the wheels, black out all corners and tail light, put a nice used $50 subwoofer in the trunk.

Unload the car at a high school nearest you!

hey! i was thinking of plasti dipping my snow rims

So just got the car back last night from my local shop. They adjusted my transmission linkage ? If that's the term, I know it's just the parts that connect the shifter to the tranny, anyway adjusted them so it goes into gear better now. Fluid flush and fill, new filter and gasket. Tranny shifts as it should now. Back to normal, so I'm pleased. Don't know how it will hold up in the future, but my first impressions are that the fluid fixed it. They guy also said I should be good to go for a while, he thinks there's quite a bit of life still in that old tranny.

Good work. They are about 3000 to rebuild so im assuming you spent a few hundred?

Spent 400, a little more then I should have but I'm satisfied that it was done by someone who knew what they were doing. Cause I wasn't comfortable DIYing anything with my transmission.

Good job, hey 400 beats 4000

I've had this SAME EXACT thing happen to me. Get the transmission Range Sensor checked, it fixed my problem. as well as your ATF, you never know if it leaks out or something.