Shavings in gear oil
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Shavings in gear oil
Had the gear oil changed in my 04 MC at 30k-don't know if it had ever been changed before, bought it used.
Had some significant metal shavings on the magnetic plug. Going to run it a few days and flush it out again. Any recommendations as to what to run gear oil wise?
Had some significant metal shavings on the magnetic plug. Going to run it a few days and flush it out again. Any recommendations as to what to run gear oil wise?
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MINI recommends BMW MTF 94. I run Redline MTL as do many others with no issues. As for the shavings, the PO (previous owner) or you might have missed shifts, etc that caused small pieces of the gears to grind off. Tiny shavings are ok, big shavings are a problem as Crashton said. Change the fluid now and then see what it looks like in another 30k miles.
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MINI recommends BMW MTF 94. I run Redline MTL as do many others with no issues. As for the shavings, the PO (previous owner) or you might have missed shifts, etc that caused small pieces of the gears to grind off. Tiny shavings are ok, big shavings are a problem as Crashton said. Change the fluid now and then see what it looks like in another 30k miles.
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