24 00 ... Topping Up Fluid Additive In Event of Friction Coefficient Fluctuations During Gearshifts

24 00 ... - Topping up fluid additive in event of friction coefficient fluctuations during gearshifts from 3rd to 4th and 4th to 3rd (6HP26)





Special tools required:






Necessary preliminary tasks:
- Raise vehicle
- Remove transmission underbody protection if necessary
- For safety reasons (danger of burning), allow transmission fluid to cool down to a temperature below 40 °C
- Read out transmission fluid temperature with Diagnosis and Information System (DIS)

The following procedure applies to replacing 1 litre of ATF with 1 litre of LifeGuardFluid One additive.
BMW part number: 83 29 0 422 194

A distinction must be made here between transmissions with plastic oil sumps and sheet metal oil sumps!





Important!
A sticker indicating that 1 litre of ATF has been replaced with 1 litre of LifeGuardFluid One additive must be stuck to the oil sump!

If a sticker is already attached, do not under any circumstance repeat the replacement procedure again!





Warning!
Read and follow safety instructions on the bottle of the ZF LifeGuardFluid One additive.





1. Transmission with plastic oil sump:

When engine is stopped, open 8 A/F transmission filler plug (1) and drain off 1 litre of transmission fluid.

Catch transmission fluid in a measurement container.





Start engine and allow engine to idle in with selector lever in P position.

Pour in 1 litre of ZF LifeGuardFluid One additive with special tool 00 2 080.

Screw in transmission filler plug.

Installation:
Tightening torque: 35 Nm.

Attach the notice sticker supplied with the bottle to the side of the oil sump next to the fluid filler plug.
Then carry out a fluid level adjustment 00 11 500 Checking/Topping Up Fluid Level In Automatic Transmission (GA6HP26Z/GA6HP32Z) to exclude the possibility of minimum filling.





2. Transmission with sheet metal oil sump:

When engine is stopped, open transmission filler plug in dome of oil sump (17 A/F hexagon socket head cap screw) and drain off 1 litre of transmission fluid.

Catch transmission fluid in a measurement container.





Start engine and allow engine to idle in with selector lever in P position.

Pour in 1 litre of ZF LifeGuardFluid One additive with special tool 00 2 080.

Screw in transmission filler plug.

Installation:
Tightening torque: 80 Nm.

Attach the notice sticker supplied with the bottle to the back of the oil sump next to the fluid filler plug.
Then carry out a fluid level adjustment to exclude the possibility of minimum filling.