E46 M3 oils
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Topic: E46 M3 oils
Posted By: colin durham
Subject: E46 M3 oils
Date Posted: 10-February-2009 at 22:47
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does anyone know which type of gear oil goes in e46 m3 smg 2002 and how you go about doing it ano how to change oil in a normal box but just not sure about this one as it has a filling point at top of engine,also which type of oil goes into diff
cheers colin ------------- 1 LETTER, 1 NUMBER, 1 LEGEND... M3 |
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Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 11-February-2009 at 09:40
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BMW LT-2 part# 83 22 0 309 031 for tranmission. Castrol SAF-XJ for diff plus FM Booster OEM part # 83 22 2 282 583 There is a drain plug on the underside of the gearbox and a fill plug on the side, remove or at least lossen the fill plug before removing the drain plug. ------------- 
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Posted By: nero
Date Posted: 11-February-2009 at 13:22
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Have you had a look at the http://www.opieoils.co.uk/ - Opie Oils website? A bit more about Opie Oils can be found here - http://bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=43126&KW=opie+oils - http://bavarian-board.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=43126&KW =opie+oils -------------  |
Posted By: colin durham
Date Posted: 11-February-2009 at 19:33
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already had a look opie oils what is the resevoir next to planium chamber for then a thought that was something to do with smg models ma dad has a manual and his doesnt have it a got told that it was the filling point for gear box
cheers colin ------------- 1 LETTER, 1 NUMBER, 1 LEGEND... M3 |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 12-February-2009 at 09:25
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The brake fluid reservoir.
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Posted By: UweM3
Date Posted: 03-March-2009 at 16:38
don't want to sound rude, but are you sure what you are doing? SMG = £££££ You don't want to mess with it if you're not sure what you are doing. An oil change can't be that expensive at an Indipendent. ------------- E61 520d, slow and buzzy but my wallet likes the mpg..... |
colin durham wrote:Posted By: colin durham
Date Posted: 06-March-2009 at 19:51
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yes know what am doing oil and diff change done just wasnt sure what the little resvoir was next to planium chamber but know what its for now ------------- 1 LETTER, 1 NUMBER, 1 LEGEND... M3 |
Posted By: mil996
Date Posted: 06-March-2009 at 20:17
yi sure 
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Posted By: colin durham
Date Posted: 06-March-2009 at 20:20
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yes a just wanted to find out what that resvoir was for a use to be a mechanic ------------- 1 LETTER, 1 NUMBER, 1 LEGEND... M3 |