E46 SMG gearbox reset - what?!!

[Jonboy_t]

The local gob-ste who knows everything (aka, my best mate) has been telling me that my gearbox needs resetting as it's hit about 75k. He has told me that there is a secret reset that can be done to the gearbox by knocking it into neutral when moving and then pulling both paddles for about 10 seconds.

Is he (as I suspect) talking absolute gash, or has he stumbled across some sort of magical fix-all that will make my gearbox last forever?! If it is the latter, what the hell would resetting the gearbox do?

[E30M3SE]

The process he has described does reinitialise the gearbox slip recognition, normally required after a tyre change, but he is talking absolute st about the reset required at 75K. What a dhead.

It's such a well kept secret that it is in your owners manual.

[Jonboy_t]

E30M3SE said:

The process he has described does reinitialise the gearbox slip recognition, normally required after a tyre change, but he is talking absolute st about the reset required at 75K. What a dhead.

It's such a well kept secret that it is in your owners manual.

Aha, that would be why I don't recognise it then - I don't do manuals, that's why I'm on PH! Funnily enough, I'm re-shoeing the car in the next couple of weeks, so is this something that I should be doing then?

[E30M3SE]

Yes, straight piece of road, 20mph select N, or 0 depending on the age of your car, pull both paddles simultaneously and hold for approx 2 seconds.

If you do not do this the car will self learn as you drive it, but you may experience some clutch slip during the learning period.