Pawlik Automotive - BMW Transmission Fluid Replacement 2001 Z3

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Mark: Hi, it’s Mark from Top Local Lead Generation and we’re here with Mr. Bernie Pawlik, Pawlik Automotive, 16 time winners of best auto repair in Vancouver as voted by their customers, how’re you doing today Bernie?
Bernie: Doing very well Mark.
Mark: It’s a beautiful sunny morning; we’re going to talk about transmission fluid, how exciting. So you have a story about a 2001 Z3 BMW. What’s going on with the transmission fluid on this vehicle?
Bernie: Well this vehicle, nothing in particular other than the owner wanted a transmission flushed based on the age of the vehicle. Just this is a Z3 convertible, it’s a second car for the owner, you know he drives it, it’s a pleasure vehicle, takes it on some trips here and there mostly in the summertime, beautiful convertible, a lot of fun to drive and it’s got very low kilometers, it’s only got, I think it’s only got about 75,000 kilometres which is really low for this kind of vehicle but the transmission fluid had never been serviced so he wanted it done.
Mark: So was the fluid really dirty?
Bernie: Not particularly, a little discoloured as you would expect from usage on a vehicle like this but yeah, not particularly, not particularly dirty.
Mark: So is transmission fluid replacement something that BMW recommends for their vehicles?
Bernie: Well they actually don’t which is, which is one thing they’re very adamant about it in fact; I’ll share a couple of photos with you here, umm, adamant to the point of, let me just get the screen share going here, so there’s our BMW Z3, nice convertible. This is the sticker that’s on the bottom of the transmission; let’s see it says, warning no oil change or top off necessary, lifetime transmission oil fill. They also warn you other fluids will cause non warrantable transmission damage. Now I mean it’s not rocket science to get the right kind of fluid and they have part number for the fluid on the bottom or it says Dexron III. Interesting thing about Dexron III is that is your regular type of transmission fluid that has been used on cars for years and years and years. I’m just going to cancel the screen share here if I can remember how to do it.
Mark: Yeah, you did.
Bernie: I did, oh perfect, excellent. Yeah, so Dexron III has been used on automatic transmissions for years and years in American cars, Japanese cars, many European cars up until around the early 2000’s and many, many manufacturers recommend transmission flushes but BMW doesn’t.
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