R55 Auto trans dip Stick
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There probably isn't one.
If it is like our 1999 BMW 328, auto tranny with no dip stick. The factory thinking is that the trans fluid is a "lifetime" fluid that never needs to be checked or refilled. Yeahhhhhhhh......
Actually , it IS lifetime fluid. Our auto trans died at 100k miles. The transmission fluid DID last the lifetime of the transmission. It's just that the life expectancy is so Gawd darn short.
I HOPE that our Clubman comes with all the dip-stick appendages.
If it is like our 1999 BMW 328, auto tranny with no dip stick. The factory thinking is that the trans fluid is a "lifetime" fluid that never needs to be checked or refilled. Yeahhhhhhhh......
Actually , it IS lifetime fluid. Our auto trans died at 100k miles. The transmission fluid DID last the lifetime of the transmission. It's just that the life expectancy is so Gawd darn short.
I HOPE that our Clubman comes with all the dip-stick appendages.
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Sealed. See https://www.northamericanmotoring.co....php?p=2118135
I have a '97 Isuzu Rodeo with a sealed auto tranny that had a leak 2 years ago. It happens to be the same (GM of France) tranny used in several BMWs of that era. It was exceptionally irritating not to have a dipstick to ascertain how bad my leak really was. Isuzu claimed that the fluid change interval was 100K whereas BMW said it was lifetime fluid
. Same tranny, same fluid, different interpretation of service interval. So my point is your mileage may vary i.e. consider the fluid state/age before a flush vice a drain and maybe pro-actively drain and replace fluid before the so-called end of life of the tranny. My Isuzu leaks required several seals be replaced in spite of 2 fluid changes the 2nd of which was a flush which I am now skeptical of on older transmissions. I will stay with drains in spite of the fact that tranny oil is retained in the torque converter during a drain i.e. not all fluid is changed.
I have a '97 Isuzu Rodeo with a sealed auto tranny that had a leak 2 years ago. It happens to be the same (GM of France) tranny used in several BMWs of that era. It was exceptionally irritating not to have a dipstick to ascertain how bad my leak really was. Isuzu claimed that the fluid change interval was 100K whereas BMW said it was lifetime fluid
. Same tranny, same fluid, different interpretation of service interval. So my point is your mileage may vary i.e. consider the fluid state/age before a flush vice a drain and maybe pro-actively drain and replace fluid before the so-called end of life of the tranny. My Isuzu leaks required several seals be replaced in spite of 2 fluid changes the 2nd of which was a flush which I am now skeptical of on older transmissions. I will stay with drains in spite of the fact that tranny oil is retained in the torque converter during a drain i.e. not all fluid is changed.
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