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Originally Posted by FormerRotor
Fluid change was a cake walk, but I just got done doing the same on my wife's x5 (same tranny). It is an integrated filter/pan, thus you just need to drain, drop the pan, replace with new pan & fluids & you're set. Due to my schedule lately, I wasn't able to tackle it until 65k, but I'd recommend performing at 50k. The one thing that had me irate (there's always got to be one) was that two bolts broke.
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So the tranny change uses a consumable filter/pan set? How much is one of those? Perhaps the bolts should be considered a consumable like the copper crush washers on oil drain bolts? Did you just put the car up on four jack stands, or drive up on ramps, or something else? Sorry about all these simple questions, but it has now been more than 7 years since I crawled under a car. I have all the equipment, just not the enthusiasm.
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