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Originally Posted by doug_999
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Originally Posted by Saintjah
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Originally Posted by MiamiM235iEstorilBlue
I got quoted nearly $7,000 from BMW.
They offered me some 3rd party as well just for powertrain for $3700.
Seems so expensive.
From my research, only weak points seem to be the crank hub thing and the DCT transmission's longevity is largely an unknown. On the fence as to whether or not I'm going to get a warranty.
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IMO the DCT would be pretty much bullet proof if BMW didnt push this "Lifetime fluid" bullshit. Their DCT fluid isnt some magical space stuff thats self cleaning, impervious to oxidation and shearing etc....
I even spoke with a rep at ZF and they said to change it every 30k miles. |
I agree that changing this is a good idea. I also agree that getting the blackstone container, having them pour some of the old fluid in there and sending it off for analysis is a good idea. I suspect it can go 60k easily and as an FYI, excpect a charge to change around $800-$1,000. The fluid is EXPENSIVE and you need a bunch of it. |
Every Blackstone report I've seen shows 60k miles for dct trans fluid is way way way too early to change it. In fact I've never seen one posted where they suggest anything but increasing the time between changes because the fluid comes back good.