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the reason I want thicker is that it shifts better when cold now, which leads me to believe it wants a thicker fluid

anybody? I was thinking of draining a little bit and putting a quart of mobil 1 synthetic 75w90 back in to make a thicker mixture. I can't afford to keep draining two quarts of expensive fluid every weekend. I spent $30 last weekend on the dam royal purple but its to no improvement. I bled the...

the fluid is fresh with about 1000 miles on it and it is full, I will try bleeding the clutch

I have a 97 328i with a 5-speed transmission. It's the ZF transmission, same one that comes in the m3s. From the factory it calls for ATF. But many runs other fluids to obtain more desirable shifting. I'm running royal purple synchromax right now. The only gear I have a problem in is 4th gear...

ok Im going to try 5w40 rotella synthetic next time around

the warantee is through the used engine supplier, and it also covered labor, the piston slap goes away after the temp needle has budged, so maybe 5-10 minutes after starting, and it doesn't start the noise until a minute after starting. Wierd I know.

and they say the piston slap won't harm anything so no points in rebuilding or new rings

Ok so over the last few months there have been 4 used motors swapped into my 2000 ranger under warantee. I don't know the mileage on any of them but the current one is the only one that made it past two weeks. Its running good and feels powerful. The only thing I don't like is that its a little...