Gearbox oil in the R53.

Gearbox oil in the R53.

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Beemer-5

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7,897 posts

215 months

Tuesday 17th April 2007
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Just wondering if the somewhat notchy gearbox might benefit from a change to better oil?
Any decent stuff out there for the 'box?

blackspider

1,038 posts

210 months

Thursday 19th April 2007
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Texaco MTF 94 pre 04(MINI Update)
After that its BMW MTF LT 3-However,we have been going back to MTF 94 on the later boxes because of a groaning noise from the LSD when cornering,it has also made the gear change a bit easier.

We have had issues of the selectors on the gearbox becoming tight-also the cables becoming stiff.
For the gearbox you need to strip it down to the selector arms and try to lub it.
Cables-replacement.


Edited by blackspider on Thursday 19th April 08:09