2011 BMW 528i Transmission Fluid Change

ggonxhi · 03-28-2021, 10:18 PM

Good evening,

I own a 2011 Bmw 528i bought about 5 years ago with 60k miles.
I assumed the car never had a flush since new, when I purchased the car I asked bmw for this service and they told me the usual lifetime oil.

fast forward now the car has 125k miles and I finally after countless of post I've read that said this service need to be done.
I did the transmission fluid change about a month ago, the car drives great and I can swear it shifts better too.
I purchase all my parts from FCPeuro and they have the lifetime warranty.

My question is should I do it again? as the first time I could only remove about 5 liters. Since I can get a new oil and filter for free should I do the oil change again?

THANK YOU

Unspec · 03-28-2021, 10:51 PM

Do it every 60k miles and you'll be fine.

95blkmax · 03-29-2021, 08:05 AM

Absolutely good sir. Change it. There is no such thing as lifetime fluid. It's a scam! lol

03-28-2021, 10:18 PM	#1
ggonxhi Enlisted Member 5 Rep 33 Posts Drives: ggonxhi Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Dunedin iTrader: (0)	2011 BMW 528i Transmission Fluid Change Good evening, I own a 2011 Bmw 528i bought about 5 years ago with 60k miles. I assumed the car never had a flush since new, when I purchased the car I asked bmw for this service and they told me the usual lifetime oil. fast forward now the car has 125k miles and I finally after countless of post I've read that said this service need to be done. I did the transmission fluid change about a month ago, the car drives great and I can swear it shifts better too. I purchase all my parts from FCPeuro and they have the lifetime warranty. My question is should I do it again? as the first time I could only remove about 5 liters. Since I can get a new oil and filter for free should I do the oil change again? THANK YOU
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Unspec Colonel 1300 Rep 2,591 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW 535xi Join Date: Apr 2019 Location: DMV iTrader: (1)	Do it every 60k miles and you'll be fine. __________________ 2015 BMW 535xi Bootmod3 Stage 2 \| ER charge pipe \| ER Catted DP \| Remus Exhaust \| Gplus FMIC \| KW V3 \| Turner Monoball thrust arm bushings \| Wallet regrets ISTA VM Setup/Tutorial
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95blkmax Captain 213 Rep 658 Posts Drives: '11 535 M-Sport Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Oklahoma City iTrader: (0)	Absolutely good sir. Change it. There is no such thing as lifetime fluid. It's a scam! lol __________________ I'm on the YouTubez now!! Check it out -> https://www.youtube.com/@turbospool 11' M-sport- 371WHP - 478WTQ on stock PWG E50 TunedbyShoup // 386WHP - 429WTQ on Shuenk N55+ with ultra-conservative 91 Octane tune // Starting full-range flexfuel tuning in Spring '24
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