I never drove my car lightly over my first 109,500 miles. Now my automatic is slipping out of 5th gear and into 4th when the car is up past 73 mph or on steep inclines or declines.
BMW says I need to replace the tramission valve housing...at the tune of $2,250. Ouch. My independent guy (former BMW mechanic) says he's replaced some of those, but the chance of success is limited and he's recommending getting a refuburshed tramsission from ZF for $3,500 installed, unless the intermediary step of doing just the valve housing comes with a refund towards an entirely refurbished unit. A brand new one would be something like $5,000 installed.
This is on a 3 series, but has anybody else had this repair on any of their automatics? I'm first month of E46 production, any E36 or 5-series owners out there? Some feed back would be much appreciated. What is the valve housing which is only part of the transmission? Should I just live with a little slip from 5 to 4 until the thing really goes? What do you guys think?
BMW says I need to replace the tramission valve housing...at the tune of $2,250. Ouch. My independent guy (former BMW mechanic) says he's replaced some of those, but the chance of success is limited and he's recommending getting a refuburshed tramsission from ZF for $3,500 installed, unless the intermediary step of doing just the valve housing comes with a refund towards an entirely refurbished unit. A brand new one would be something like $5,000 installed.
This is on a 3 series, but has anybody else had this repair on any of their automatics? I'm first month of E46 production, any E36 or 5-series owners out there? Some feed back would be much appreciated. What is the valve housing which is only part of the transmission? Should I just live with a little slip from 5 to 4 until the thing really goes? What do you guys think?
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