Oil capacities for engine, gearbox and diff

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rtz62
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Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:35 am

Hi

could anyone please help with capacities for my 1990 G 320i (manual)
engine inc filter
manual gearbox
diff

I beleve the engine uses 5w-40, and the diff 7w-90; is this correct, and what does the gearbox use?

Many thanks in advance (and sorry that I couldn't find the relevant info using the 'search' function!
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Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:02 pm

According to the BMW service book:
engine inc filter 4.25l - grade depends on environmental temperature ( I'm using 15w-40)
gearbox 1.15l - SAE 80 gear oil to API-GL4
diff (small case) 0.9l - SAE90 hypoid gear oil (think I used 80W-90)
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Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:04 pm

Cheers Greg, much appreciated my friend!
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Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:05 pm

Thanks!
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