Transmission oil

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Post Thu Oct 29, 2020 7:18 pm

Hello friends,

Best oils for the manual transmission? 1986 325i / Getrag 260

Thanks in advance,
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HJ1981
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Post Thu Oct 29, 2020 11:58 pm

MTF 5200 75W-80 from Liqui Moly.
I believe, during the time i was searching, they are the only ones i could find that offered that weight incl. BMW MTF 2 + 4 and API GL4 in stock (everyone else had thicker weights or GL4+ API).

That oil is very nice in winter, no hard shifting even in -15c last year (which is something i dreaded when using other brand with GL4+, GL5 etc).

No noises, no shifting issues all year round (40c+ summers as well if that matters).