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CarGuru > Open discussion > BMW 525 TDS Auto Where to fill the box!!!! 21 April 2005 16:06:41

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BMW 525 TDS Auto Where to fill the box!!!!

Ticker 20 April 2005 19:53:52
 
1994

Automatic gearbox top up (Unable to find a dipstick like most other auto
boxes) We Need to top up the box !!!!!

We have a light come on the Dashboard normally E or D but now when hot E &D
go out and in between orange lamp comes on with what looks like a Cog with a
! mark and ideas.

Thanks in advance

mike


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Chris Bolus 20 April 2005 20:44:42 permanent link ]
 On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:53:52 GMT, "Ticker"
<mdeackesNOT@blueyo­nder.co.uk> wrote:
1994>
Automatic gearbox top up (Unable to find a dipstick like most other auto >boxes) We Need to top up the box !!!!!>
We have a light come on the Dashboard normally E or D but now when hot E &D >go out and in between orange lamp comes on with what looks like a Cog with a >! mark and ideas.>
Thanks in advance>
mike>
Never worked on one, but Autodata CD tells me that there is a drain plug
on the bottom of the gearbox. Follow the join in the casing around to
the side from this - nearside if I read the illustration right, and on
the opposite side of the join (ie to the rear), and you should find
another similar-sized plug at 90 degrees to the drain plug - this is the
filler plug.
I've emailed you a picture.
Where no dipstick is provided the usual technique is to fill to the
level of the drain plug, although I make no promises for a BMW!

If you feel like completely draining and refilling the transmission,
which is an item on the major service schedule anyway, it takes 3 litres
of Dexron II ATF.
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Guy King 20 April 2005 21:43:24 permanent link ]
 The message <8j1d61hf659d14lnpq­ruts93f69po8cfm2@4ax­.com>
from Chris Bolus <chris@FARINAb0lus.­com> contains these words:
Where no dipstick is provided the usual technique is to fill to the> level of the drain plug, although I make no promises for a BMW!

Though this is not true of Renault autoboxen, many of which have no dipstick.

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Guy King 21 April 2005 05:11:18 permanent link ]
 The message <Xns963ED90F4B205ad­rianachapmanfreeis@2­04.153.244.170>
from Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.­com> contains these words:
Have ALL manufacturers gone completely mad?

I'm dreading the day when I have to buy a halfway modern car 'cos all
the proper ones have worn out.

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Steve Walker 21 April 2005 13:48:38 permanent link ]
 In message <313030303432373942­670BC686@zetnet.co.u­k>, Guy King
<guy.king@zetnet.co­.uk> writes>The message <Xns963ED90F4B205ad­rianachapmanfreeis@2­04.153.244.170>>from­ Adrian <toomany2cvs@gmail.­com> contains these words:>
Have ALL manufacturers gone completely mad?>
I'm dreading the day when I have to buy a halfway modern car 'cos all>the proper ones have worn out.

On the plus side, obtaining parts will be easier once every car on the
road is a thinly disguised VW Golf.

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Chris Whelan 21 April 2005 16:06:41 permanent link ]
 [...]
Just wait until all mainstream cars have multiplexed electrics!>
Is there much left that hasn't?

No, probably not.

By "mainstream" I was really meaning cars of an age that they
would be more likely to be owner-maintained. This really will be
a problem in the future.

Chris

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