It's finally fixed! Smooth shifting.. finally!@

[Phil M]

New fluid, new oil cooler.. 1054$.

I'm so happy!!

[1992 BMW 535i]

Now that you're in such a good mood, why don't you come over and help me install my new springs? :)

[Phil M]

Now that you're in such a good mood, why don't you come over and help me install my new springs? :) haha, i haveno clue how long it is from ky to quebec.. but now that the tranny's workin, it sounds like a good excuse to take her out!

altho they charged me 350$ for the oil cooler. the hell?

oh well thats fine. i was just so convinced (by them, by me) that the transmission was gonna have to be rebuilt. their cost? $4.5K.

thank goodness.

[Tiger]

So please give me the detailed breakdown on cost... Why change oil cooler?

[Russell]

I might need to use the same people



New fluid, new oil cooler.. 1054$.

I'm so happy!!

[Phil M]

So please give me the detailed breakdown on cost... Why change oil cooler?
Parts
ATC plus (transmission conditioner) $12.60
trans oil cooler - $379.00
O-Ring (x2) - $.76
O-Ring trans cooler (x2) - $3.26
Glycol Antifreeze - $8.50
Steering fluid synthetic (x.5) - $15.44
10W30 engine oil - $2.50
ATF 5L Shell LA2634 (x9) $229.50


Labor
replace trans cooler (1.5hrs) $97.50
trans service (1.5hrs) $97.50
clean threads out of cooler line (2.5hrs) $162.50

parts total - $651.56
labor total - $357.50
supply - $10.00
freight - $13.37
sub tot $1032.43
tax $39.69

total $1072.12

they had to replace the oil cooler b/c it had been hit hard and damaged somehow. they believed that ATF was leaking from there and was the reason my ATF was low.

[Phil M]

I might need to use the same people as you can see from my detailed breakdown above, i had my transmission filter changed (i provided this part), new ATF, and a new oil cooler. due to these symptoms (http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showpost.php?p=28148&postcount=9).

this was all done by the guys at European Motors. their place is exceptionally nice and they seem to know what they are doing. my fathers Jaguars are now serviced there. this was the first time for the BMW though. their labor rate is relatively low ($65/hr) but i recommend that you provide the parts. they have no problem with this. (they charged me $380+freight for an ATF cooler when i could have gotten one from BMA for more than half that!)

European Motors
964 Floyd Drive
Lex, Ky 40502
(859) 233-7222 (859) 233-1885
floyd drive is over on the north east side of town, past sams club traveling on the outer loop.

[winfred]

what'd they do strip the damn thing and charge you for fixing it?


clean threads out of cooler line (2.5hrs) $162.50

[Phil M]

what'd they do strip the damn thing and charge you for fixing it?
i suppose? is this cooler line something really long that takes 2.5 hrs to clean? i really dont even understand what they did there.

he mentioned that his mechanic was able to "save" these lines and in turn "saved" us more money in not having to order new lines and more labor.

[winfred]

theres a water line running down from each side if the engine to the cooler that mounted on the bottom of the tranny 17 22 1 728 944 and 17 22 1 728 943 $63.25 list each, the cooler is mounted directly to the tranny with no fluid lines just o-rings

[winfred]

ps they are about a foot and a half long and have a heater hose connection on the engine side

[MBXB]

On the 540i 5HP30 tranny, where is the trans oil cooler? ETK looks like it's part of the assembly up front by the radiator.



theres a water line running down from each side if the engine to the cooler that mounted on the bottom of the tranny 17 22 1 728 944 and 17 22 1 728 943 $63.25 list each, the cooler is mounted directly to the tranny with no fluid lines just o-rings

[winfred]

the cooler that comes up on my etk here at work 17221723916 is mounted to the bottom of the tranny infront of the pan and behind the engine crossmember, it is cooled by two hoses one from by the back of each head while the cooler it's self is atached directly to the tranny and is sealed to it with o-rings, the 530 shows a radiator mounted cooler on some models but the 740/540 has a tranny mounted heat exchanger


On the 540i 5HP30 tranny, where is the trans oil cooler? ETK looks like it's part of the assembly up front by the radiator.

[winfred]

they can get whanged on road trash and agressive speed bumps

[MBXB]

I'm definitely gonna have to watchout for those armadillos at 2 am.

[Russell]

While Motorsports has been a good source for me, I always like to have alternatives. FYI, I have been doing more and more of my own maintenance and small repairs. The car has never run better since it recieves almost constant attention. :-)



as you can see from my detailed breakdown above, i had my transmission filter changed (i provided this part), new ATF, and a new oil cooler. due to these symptoms (http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showpost.php?p=28148&postcount=9).

this was all done by the guys at European Motors. their place is exceptionally nice and they seem to know what they are doing. my fathers Jaguars are now serviced there. this was the first time for the BMW though. their labor rate is relatively low ($65/hr) but i recommend that you provide the parts. they have no problem with this. (they charged me $380+freight for an ATF cooler when i could have gotten one from BMA for more than half that!)

European Motors
964 Floyd Drive
Lex, Ky 40502
(859) 233-7222 (859) 233-1885
floyd drive is over on the north east side of town, past sams club traveling on the outer loop.

[Tiger]

Mmm... I spent some time down there working on my valve body... didn't notice such thing down there... maybe it is hidden above that structural plate.