Approved oils for BMW transmission

Got this off the ZF website. These are their approved oils and compatability.

SOLD - 5 Lug E30 with 2.8Liter M52 OBD1 Conversion

1986 BMW 325e has 1999 328i M52 engine and 5 speed transmission. OBD1 wiring with Dinan muffler and Dinan performance chip. V8 mass air flow meter and K&N filter. 5 lug conversion with 17" staggered Z3 3.0 wheels. Eibach lowering springs and Bilstein struts. M3 front brakes with 318ti rear control arms and brakes. Z3 short ratio steering rack. 318ti leather/cloth sport seats. IX Rear seat with arm rest and head rests. Rare glass manual sunroof. Power windows. 13 button OBC. Center console arm rest.

S50 B30 injection schematic / wiring diagram

These are the injection harness wiring diagrams for a 95 M3 3.0 S50. Click to enlarge the pictures










Here are the pin assignments for the connectors

BMW Engine Oil Capacity Chart

Not sure how many quarts of oil your BMW take? I found this BMW engine oil capacity chart. Click on photo to enlarge. The first number is Quarts and the number in parenthesis is Liters.

BMW transmission fluid levels charts

These charts are helpful for knowing what fluid goes into which automatic transmission and the amount of fluid. You should be able to click on the photo to enlarge it.

Manual Fluid. Sorry, I haven't seen a chart for the manual transmissions. I do know early transmissions use 90 wt gear oil. around 1986 or 1987 they started to use ATF. There is a green sticker on the tranmission that says ATF. In 1996 manual trnamsmissions went to BMW Lifetime oil. These transmissions have a yellow sticker that says life time oil.

Automatic Fluid. I have not found a substitute for BMW Lifetime Automatic transmission fluid. I do know if you do not use lifetime fluid and try ATF it will ruin the transmissions that use lifetime fluid.Most automatics after 1992 do not have a dipstick to check the fluid level. As with manuals, there is a fill plug and a drain plug on most transmissions. Full is when the fluid runs out the fill hole. I believe some of the transmissions must be filled when at op temp and running. Pelican Parts has some info on filling early auto tranmissions.

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