DSMDane's DINAN e39 540i M-Sport

[wasnt m3]

Snap and I have both had bad experiences with previous owners using royal purple. Redline solved problems for both of us.

[Jdesign]

wasnt m3 said:

Snap and I have both had bad experiences with previous owners using royal purple. Redline solved problems for both of us.

Well suck me sideways lol

[straight6pwr]

wasnt m3 said:

Snap and I have both had bad experiences with previous owners using royal purple. Redline solved problems for both of us.

+1. royal purple and my zf310 did not match well. it felt like shifting through peanut butter - particularly worse in cold weather.

[GunMetalGrey]

I used RP in my ZF320 and it was scary how smooth it was. 

I'm stoked to see a nice looking 540 on here! Congrats on the purchase!

[Jdesign]

straight6pwr said:

+1. royal purple and my zf310 did not match well. it felt like shifting through peanut butter - particularly worse in cold weather. 

what weight?

[straight6pwr]

Jdesign said:

what weight?

Synchromax MTF

here i am quoting myself on the issues it caused:

straight6pwr said:

 the symptoms i'm having that i think are from the RP: 1) sometimes randomly after stopping at light, its hard to get it back into first  2)the syncros (i think) make noise all the time, it sounds like a mini forumla 1 car inside in there, even though the syncros work fine.  3) when its cold, its like shifting in molasses.  4)i can't shift fast. if i throw it from 1st to 2nd as fast as i can, it crunches a little. not like gear grinding, i can just feel it in my hand. 

I switched to Redline D4 ATF and all the issues went away.

[YoungCR]

straight6pwr said:

Synchromax MTF

here i am quoting myself on the issues it caused:

I switched to Redline D4 ATF and all the issues went away.

I'm having the same issues in the 540i now, 1-2 is a crunch and trouble getting into 1st. No idea what fluid is in there now or how old so it's time to change.

[Rekpoint]

YoungCR said:

I'm having the same issues in the 540i now, 1-2 is a crunch and trouble getting into 1st. No idea what fluid is in there now or how old so it's time to change.

1 and R is a clunk for @DSMDane For 1st and R he has to hold the lever in and release the clutch slowly. Its weird.

[YoungCR]

Rekpoint said:

1 and R is a clunk for @DSMDane For 1st and R he has to hold the lever in and release the clutch slowly. Its weird. 

Hows the shifter play? Its probably due for a rebuild as well. The E60 545i shifter is a OEM short shift upgrade, my brother's E34 has that along with delrin bushings.

[Rekpoint]

YoungCR said:

Hows the shifter play? Its probably due for a rebuild as well. The E60 545i shifter is a OEM short shift upgrade, my brother's E34 has that along with delrin bushings. 

Shifter bushings have been replaced and it had a dinan short throw. So it's good. Definitely the trans dyncros