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I put Castrol Edge 0w30 in my 2.8 about 3 weeks ago, it was purring like a sewing machine before, and straight away sounded awful, I dropped it out today and put in some QXLife Fully synth 5w40 as I had it sat there, and it sounds perfect again. I had this with Edge before on my ML and thought it mu...

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Spent the morning putting new shocks, springs, bump stops, spring pads and top mounts on today.
Went oem rather than firming it up and glad I did, feels great.

Would have liked a slight drop but don't like Zeds that are too firm on the road as you can't press on, and I don't track it.

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Haha.

It's not listed as suitable for a limited slip diff. unfortunately.

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Haha, put it in the diff if you haven't done that yet.

Is it rated for Limited Slip Diffs?

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Assholes.

Is is definitely through to the metal?

I would try wet sanding it, then rubbing compound and then some G3 scratch remover.
You may be surprised and to be honest you have nothing to loose.

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Totally agree, I have been on various BMW forums for the last 17 years, covering E36s, E46s, E39s, E60s, E90s etc. etc. and 1st to 2nd gear shift is one of the most discussed issues.
And always improved with a less viscous oil in there.

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I'm amazed that people put different tyres on front and rear more than anything else in this thread. BMWs hate this, OK you can get lucky and be OK, but in general they tramline like mad and become far more twitchy at the back than they should be. If your car is tramlining badly check you have match...

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It is actually more than twice as thick, over twice as thick at 100ºc and over 3x as thick at 40ºc. This is what you have put in.... Viscosity @ 40º C 103.7 Viscosity @ 100º C 15.7 Compare that to my ATF D4..... Redline D4 ATF Kv @ 40c = 34 Kv @ 100c = 7.5 The following are recommended oils for a sl...

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How long have you had your car? You said you have changed the gearbox fluid in another thread, but you have now put a differential oil in there that is over twice as thick as the thickest recommend stuff. When you look at the different viscosities of the recommend oils they vary by around 10-20% bet...

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If there is no OBDII port on your car I would suspect it will need an ADS adapter. Mine does. That round port is a funny port, even when trying to reset the service lights on mine I had issues. In the end I had to solder a bulb onto the jumper cable to change the resistance, then worked no problem.

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But depends on the year, until mid 1998 the round connector was not OBD, it needs an ADS interface and a computer with a serial connection.

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If it was £250 like the auto gearbox change on some cars I would say run with it, but for £30 you may as well put the right stuff in.
Think of the Castrol stuff as a bit of a clean out. Many do swap after a thousand miles or so.

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Yeah it can, but it is a diff oil, hence why it is twice as thick as all the gearbox oils.

I would dump it out and put something else in there, the Redline D4 is well worth a punt, lovely slick changes.

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The spec of that compares to the following, taken from the Bimmerpost thread.... Amsoil 75w90 Manual Transmission and Transaxle Gear Lube: This fluid is for the owner who races their car regularly or runs autocross competitions. All forced induction applications or other high horsepower applications...

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I am not bothered which brand l use, as long as it is the right oil. It was just that l'd bought the Castrol oil for £40 and put it in the gearbox. Sorry, forgot that is how the thread started. :D No, don't drop it out, it will be fine. However, looking at the specs it does seem to have an extremel...

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What do you want to achieve in changing your oil? Just new oil? A good thing. A slicker gear change? Then go with an ATF which is much thinner and probably better suited to our UK weather. Better protection? Then go for a 75w90 manual transmission fluid, it will protect teh 'box a little more but ma...

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Why do you want to use Castrol?

Have a look at this thread..

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/sh ... il+mtf+wow

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Put new shocks, springs, top mounts and roll bar bushes and links on the rear last night.

Monday will get the fronts done.

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Or this if you do lots of sub 10 mile journeys where the 'box doesn't get to high temperatures...

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-1019-red-li ... 0-gl4.aspx

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Buy this stuff, it is amazing.

Review after review after review have raved about this in manual BMWs on the forums over the years.

The transformation when I changed was incredible.

http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-1025-red-li ... fluid.aspx

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They retail at just under £30 at BMW and there is up to 15% discount available on this part.

www.realoem.com is your friend when ordering bits.
The dealers tend to know nothing!

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Amazing isn't it.

Sealed for life!!!!

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I used to think the FK452 was a great tyre for the price, but I was swapping run flats for them. I then went from PS2s over to 452s on the 335i and found them extremely crashy, noisy and the grip pretty poor all round, really didn't like the way they let go either, they sort of snapped and had no pr...

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I have used Redline ATF D4 in mine, mixed with MTL. 1 quart of the ATF and the remaining 1/3 quart of the MTL. Redline say it is fine to mix it, not always a good idea as they can react and gloop up. You do have to be a bit careful, GL-5 is not liked in some 'boxes as they have copper in them which ...

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Ordered, £27.

Thanks all.

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Fillled up the ML350 yesterday and that was £130. But it does 26mpg so you don't have to go every day! :? The only car I have ever owned that was really poor on mpg was my S4 avant, the V8, it would do 16-19mpg every tankful no matter what. The CSL could do single digit figures as well, but on the r...

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You don't need to clarify, you need to understand that the light can come on with anywhere between 8-11 litres left in the tank depending on how it is sitting in the tank. Then driving 'around' 20 miles to you reach a filling station and trying to work out what you are getting mpg wise from that is ...

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You can tell **** all over £20.

Fill it up, reset the obc and use a whole tank, then work it out.

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I always put 9.08 litres in as that is 2 gallons, rest the odometer, then drive till the light comes on, furthest I have dared drive with the light on is 56 miles :shock: is this a record :lol: That's a pretty poor way to work out your MPG. Fill up from a pump to the first click, then drive it till...

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Thanks guys, I will pop in tomorrow.

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He said that once you had drained the ATF / OEM fluid and replaced it with a non ATF oil, you couldn't later change your mind and drain the oil (synthetic or otherwise) and replace it with ATF again. I think that is generally correct, however, Redline have said that their MTL can be mixed, I wouldn...

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I was about to order the kit as mine was really bad, and would sit under 5th when it was in neutral. However, I put in a quart of Redline D4 ATF and the other 1/3 quart of MTL and within a few miles it it was no longer sticking, plus it shifts so, so nicely now. From cold it is actually a bit harder...

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I don't think you have OBDII on your car, you need the earlier OBD and ADS type interface. http://www.tek-tronics.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=130 This probably explains it better than anything else..... http://www.bimmerforums.co.uk/forum/f99/bmw-inpa-diagnostics-idiots-guide-get...

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Cheers mate!!

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Some kind sole has removed my sidelight, the one on the bumper.

If anyone has a spare please let me know.

Cheers

Guy

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I posted in here about it....

http://www.zroadster.net/forum/viewtopi ... start=1100

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I did them using the Furniture Clinic kit.

I bought the medium kit for around £55, took about 5-6 hours in total.

Very pleased with the results.

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Pioneer 560BT.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165655

Mechless deck, but happy with that as it does bluetooth for calls and music, ipod and Android as well as usb.

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My Z3 recorded 35.8mpg from the last tank, from brimming I calculated just over 35. You do realise you can calibrate the OBC to get perfect MPG readings? I normally find the OBC is out about the same percentage as the speedo, speedo under reads by about 5% and the obc says I am getting about 5% more...

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So you can only go in a straight line??

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Other option is to get yours retrimmed, £105 from Royal steering wheels. I went double thick with perforated sides and M stitching, I thought if it still felt too big I would sell this and buy a smaller one, but it is bang on, feels chunkier and therefore somehow smaller. http://www.zen104526.zen.co...

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I have just decatted my diesel Merc ML, disabled the EGR and I am going to black off the swirl flaps in the manifold next week (horrid job!). Just with the EGR disabled and the cats removed the difference in how it drives is pretty impressive. I should then have a car that has had all the things tha...

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You should see the diesels that do loyts of sub 15 mile journeys if you think the petrols are bad!!!

Blocked EGR valve on a diesel....

All that crud is being pushed back into the manifold, nice!

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Just wait for the howls of 'Brussels dictatorship' when the UK has to enter the 21st century, and include a proper damper test in the MoT! No, it is one thing we need to add, it is amazing how a car can fail for having a dpf light on, but you can drive around with knackered shocks that can be prett...

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The last line of that says a lot....

If you are running super unleaded and wish to change to standard, the timing MUST be retarded to avoid damaging pinking.

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It can make a huge difference, this is worth a read, it is about adjusting the timing to get the most from the fuel you are using. It helps explain how much the timing needs to adjust between a 95 and 100 ron fuel. The only difference on our cars, and most modern cars, is we have an ecu that monitor...

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I got 341 miles out of my last tank, I was just sat in 5th most of the time going back and forth to the coast, which is a steady 95 miles there and back. But had to do the run 3 times and the other 50 odd miles was pottering about too.

35mpg. Beats the usual 28, I was seriously impressed.

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akirk wrote:Turned up at my local Shell to fill up and they have a promotion with Super Unleaded at the same price as Standard - hurrah! long may it last...

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Normally around 250 miles for me.

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I have the airbag reset tool for the earlier under bonnet only diagnostic ports.

In Norfolk.

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