IM SO PISSED... you have no idea.. after seeing this.. I wanna sell my car..

Alsdkjalosjdlasjdasiojdasoijdaosijaiosjd METAL FLAKESSSS

I feel like crying...

But besides that my tranny fluid looks like its green or something.. odd











I hate this car after seeing this

 

Valeo radiator on your car is mixing the trans fluid with coolant.
If I were you, I would stop driving the car, replace the radiator, replace the trans fluid, filter. Hope your trans is not toast.

 

Had it replaced 2 years ago behr is what i have now.

I already bought a new transmission filter gasket and fluid i will updated after my change. which im doing as we type

 

still crying

 

this is when insurance fraud comes in handy.

grab a good friend, give him a 12 pk of beer and $500, and have him head for the nearest body of water

 

dam how many miles?

 

103k miles... Yesterday i was driving and down shifting from 3rd to second was a huge jerk that ive never felt before like my whole car felt like the motor fell out the back.. Im almost done with the change.. ill update in a 20 mins

 

Dude this happned to my E36 before. Exactly the same, even when you drive. Sadly, since it's a bimmer, and parts are so expensive, i traded it in before for an E46 instead of shelling out the money for repairs. Tha's just my story. But that can be repaired though, just not sure how expensive it will be.

 

Theres no driving issuse with my car.. right now just wondering if i check the fluid while the car is running????

 

omg, hope it is not too expensive to fix.

 

damn, hope nothing major happened.

 

i dont see how something major couldnt've happened. Those are chunks.

 

I invariably feel relief when dropping the pan to discover nothing but a tiny bit of metallic fuzz on its magnet.
Have been compelled to replace several over the years, too.

A properly remanufactured transmission -with you volunteering R&R- will likely pencil out for keeping the car.
$2000-3000 doesn’t contribute much toward a newer (and better) car these days.

 

.. good luck with it and keep us posted.

 

That fluid looks pretty recently changed....was it? If so, what was put in?

 

doesn't look like transmission fluid in there.

 

It was my own fault.. The fluid was very loww when i was racing the car and it shifted real hard from 3rd down to second.. I know its from that.. I removed all the fluid and put new fluid in the car. I don't understand i took my white rag and whipped the bottom of the tranny with it.. and the fluid was like a black / green.. The new color i put in is red..

I will take a picture with some old tranny oil in a pan to show you

If i have to sell the car soon i may end up doing that..

 

That does not look heathy!

What fluid was in the car???? It does not look as if it was ever red & it's not that bad. The genuine Benz fluid in our SA cars is a greeny colour but everyone on this forum says the fluids are red in the US - same as Dexron which is supposed to be red.

US Fuchs Titan 4134 is red.

Where does the fluid that is in the car come from??? Pre this service.

Are those flakes magnetic?? Look like Aluminium to me.

 

You know a young lad that I once knew hit a metal pipe on the highway and transmission oil started dripping out. The pipe flew off of a truck and went under his car and cracked his pan. By the time he could safely pull over all the fluid came out and toasted his transmission. If I recall correctly since it was an accident and the pipe came out of no where he just paid his 500 dollar deductible.

 

do a fluid filter change drive around for a few days then do it again

you might just get lucky and all is well

 

They are aluminum at least i think because there was nothing on the magnet. I took the magnet out and cleaned it but there weren't any flakes on it.

I dunno what fluid was in the car before service. grrrrr

Im going to go out and check the fluid level at 25C in a min

 

Sounds like i could get a friend to start throwin pipes out of his truck.. LOL or just say someone did haha

 

Let me go take a picture of the fluid

 

 

There is a tinge of red in that fluid.

I wonder where the aluminium is coming from? Must be the valve body???