Car in question: 2007 R52 JCW Factory, 49K miles, manual tranny.

I dont know the history on the car so I just want to start over/clean with fluids and do the inspection II (all filters and belt) as well.

For transmission fluid, which one should we be using? I've been researching here and other places and am seeing conflicting information.. I think I have the GS6-85 BG/DG GETRAG 6-SPEED W/LSD ?! Did all factory JCW get the LSD (My vin decode site info says "S2TAA SPERRDIFERENTIAL Differential lock 25%")? The car is new to me, so I'm still learning everything! Sooo.. Redline MTL? BMW?

Also, which differential fluid?

I'm planning on the synthetic Mini branded engine oil.

Bonus points awarded for model #'s and torque values!

 

Yes Redline MTL X 2 quarts. (trans and diff are the same, as a married unit)
Most JCW came with LSD, but it is a seperate line item, when ordering, so I am guessing it could be deleted, not sure though. The important thing is your Mini has it!

Mini recommends Castrol full synthetic I use 10/30 in all of mine (higher mileage) and I put it in all the Minis I pass on to new owners.

Congrats on your 07 MCS JCW Vert!
Some pics are always nice, as we like to see our friends cars!

 

Yes congrats. Its has the LSD option. Check out http://bimmer.work/, last 7 digits of your VIN to decode the whole thing. If you want to know if the car had additional dealer installed options. Find the original MINI dealership it was sold to on the window sticker or by calling a local dealer, once you have that, the local dealer can pull the sell sheet. Sometimes back in the MINI early days dealerships added stuff on before delivery.

Redline MTL is what i used.

 

Options
1CA Selection Cop Relevant Vehicles Selektion Cop Relevanter Fahrzeuge
2RE L-all. W. Web Spoke/runflat Lm R. Web Spoke, 2-teilig/notlauf.
2TA Limited Slip Differential Sperrdiferential
210 Dynamic Stability Control (dsc) Dynamische Stab. Control (dsc)
249 Multi-function For Steering Wheel Multifunktion Fuer Lenkrad
3AL John Cooper Works Kit John Cooper Works Kit
314 Heated Windscreen Washer Nozzles Frontscheibenwaschduesen Beheizt
318 Interior Surfaces Exterior Colour Interieur-oberflaeche In Wagenfarbe
319 Integrated Universal Remote Control Integrierte Universal-fernbedienung
329 Black Bonnet Stripes Motorhaubenstreifen Schwarz
345 Chrome Line Interior Chrome Line Interieur
431 Interior Rr Vw Mirror W Aut Anti-d Innenspiegel,automatisch Abblendend
450 Height Adjustment F Front Passenger Seat Beifahrersitz Hoehenverstellung
473 Armrest, Front Armauflage Vorn
494 Seat Heating F Driver/front Passenger Sitzheizung Fuer Fahrer/beifahrer
5AA Rear Fog Lamp Nebelschlussleuchte
520 Foglights Nebelscheinwerfer
521 Rain Sensor Regensensor
522 Xenon Light Xenon-licht
534 Automatic Air Conditioning Klimaautomatik
550 On-board Computer Bordcomputer
645 Radio Control Us Radio-steuerung Us
650 Cd Player Cd-laufwerk
674 Hifi Loudspeaker System Harman Kardon Hifi-system Harman/kardon
692 Cd Changer I-bus Preparation Cd Wechsler I-bus Vorbereitung
8SP Cop Control Cop Steuerung
895 Additional Ventilator Zusatzluefter
925 Shipping Protection Package Versandschutzpaket

Thats the list.. dont see lsd on there.. would it be? Do I still use MTL if it doesnt have lsd?
Thanks guys.

 

Thats its: 2TA Limited Slip Differential Sperrdiferential

 

oh geez. how did I miss that. thanks

 

Yes on the MTL
And it does have: 2TA Limited Slip Differential Sperrdiferential

 

Kinda weird when I go to the ecs website and put in cooper s(no option for jcw), it wont list the mtl..

 

Trust us MTL is correct! I use it in all manual trans Mini's

 

https://www.ecstuning.com/b-redline-.../rl-space-mtl/

Is that correct?! I'm nervous because no minis are listed in the compatibility there, and when I called ECS they didnt seem to know about the fluid.

 

Yes, you will need almost two quarts.
It is compatible with Limited slip diff.

 

Yep, here is the 2007 R52 Cooper S/JCW

https://www.ecstuning.com/Mini-2007-..._Transmission/


What you do is look on the underside of the transmission, you see what fluid the trans calls for, should be a sticker that green or orange. On it, it will state use MTF-LT 3 only or something like that. Then you go to our site and match up. You will need almost 2 quarts.

The sticker is on the very bottom of the transmission.