Thread: L322 td6 GM transmission oil & filter

Originally Posted by ahebron

Bought some of the proper oil today from my local BMW dealer. I asked for 20 litres but they could only supply 12 which should be enough to do a flush and fill. They said BMW NZ can supply 20 litre drums but do not have any in stock and do not know when they will be getting some. They sold me the oil for $20 per litre. This will do for the next 12 months.
I priced the oil from Land Rover NZ and they had 8 litres in stock and wanted $85 per litre.

Adrian

One has to be very careful with BMW dealers - they have a habit of mixing up their ATF's.

My local BMW dealer insisted on selling me ATF of the wrong specs saying it didn't matter.

The only safe way to purchase the ATF is to go to the GM licensed ATF list and purchase one of the listed ATFs. At your shop get a whole drum of ATF with the correct GM license number stamped on the 20 litre (or 200 litre) drum.

Any thing else is asking for trouble - and you'll find the cost of getting proper spec ATF is less that from the BMW dealer.


By the way, who sells ATF in 12 litre lots? might be ATF dumped from another tranny?? You will need far more than 12 litres if you want to do any flushing anyway. Flushing is accomplished by multiple dumps and refills (usually about 3 or 4) - you'll need at least 20 litres to do 2 fills.

They gave me 12 litres by pumping it out of there bulk supply drum into my supplied container. That was all they could supply me with. Surely if it was used oil then it would smell, look and feel used.

The last I read about flushing is to do it twice with a filter change both times.
But hey its all I have at present so will use it once and see how much I have left for a possible other one.

From all I have read on this site and many others it appears that the wisest choice is to use Texaco Texaco Texamatic ETL-7045E with this transmission and vehicle combination

I have done a bit of seaching on the internet but cannot find a 'GM approved ATF list' that mentions the GM 5L40-E box. Can anyone point me in the direction of a list. All I can find is one listing approved Dexron 6 manufacturers.

Adrian

Originally Posted by ahebron

I have done a bit of searching on the internet but cannot find a 'GM approved ATF list' that mentions the GM 5L40-E box. Can anyone point me in the direction of a list. All I can find is one listing approved Dexron 6 manufacturers.

Adrian

I'm pretty sure that I've posted these specs previously - it took me days of searching to get this, including contacting the GM tranny factory in France where the GM td6 tranny is built - here it is attached again.
As you can see some ATFs missing are some that are touted as suitable but are not licensed and should not be used.

Your dealer supplied ATF is probably not used but then did you see the drum sealed from the manufacturer. Dealers have a habit of tipping in odd fluids into a drum that they use and keep because it's convenient despite what the drum label may state. I would never get any fluid from a container that was opened by someone else and not factory sealed.

Thanks for that Daniel.
Can I propose that this list becomes a Sticky as it is very relevant to L322 TD6 owners.

Adrian

Originally Posted by ahebron

Thanks for that Daniel.
Can I propose that this list becomes a Sticky as it is very relevant to L322 TD6 owners.

Adrian

Sorry, don't know what "sticky" means - do I need to do something?

Originally Posted by Daniel

Sorry, don't know what "sticky" means - do I need to do something?

a metaphorical reference I presume to 'post it' notes and applied to forums (fora) whereby matters of importance which are constantly referenced are in their own thread and "stuck" in a special section at the top of a particular thread collection .. e.g. Range Rover P38, General Chat etc...
Have a look at the General Chat section for examples.

I've not set one up...presume you add a plea to the Moderator in your post and ask them to make it a " sticky"

Originally Posted by Hoges

a metaphorical reference I presume to 'post it' notes and applied to forums (fora) whereby matters of importance which are constantly referenced are in their own thread and "stuck" in a special section at the top of a particular thread collection .. e.g. Range Rover P38, General Chat etc...
Have a look at the General Chat section for examples.

I've not set one up...presume you add a plea to the Moderator in your post and ask them to make it a " sticky"

Or just get it put in 'The Good Oil' where all other posts of relevance are

just had my transmission oil and filter replaced by local Fluid Drive shop.
Total cost $220.oo