Fluid for steptronic auto in BMW

[MolaKule]

As I mentioned earlier, AutoGlide is GroupIII, IV, and V. Now some would consider that a full synthetic, but since it has Group III in it, I don't, and we don't misadvertise it as such.

 

[UNC201]

You won't be seeing it until a week after Turkey Day. That's my usual winter oil change - winter tire day. Only about 3K miles on the GC sofar. Looking forward to see how it compares to the Redline used oil analysis I had ......

 

[unDummy]

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Originally posted by MolaKule:
As I mentioned earlier, AutoGlide is GroupIII, IV, and V. Now some would consider that a full synthetic, but since it has Group III in it, I don't, and we don't misadvertise it as such.

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What happened to the Group II+ that was in the original Autoglide? When did you change the blend and move up to all group III/IV/V?

 

[John_E]

I can't get a straight answer anywhere on how often to do a pan drop on my 2001 VW Passat's ZF tiptronic, another "sealed" box with "lifetime" fluid. Even my local independent transmission shop wants $270 to service a ZF automatic.

 

[Timcooper]

You could use Valvoline Maxlife ATF

 

[bmwtechguy]

Amsoil works well for these specs, but not for newer ZF 6HP and 8HP transmissions. I have not found anything to replace OEM fluid for those yet.