Very good oil change Tech..

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  • Tree18is
    R3VLimited
    • Mar 2004
    • 2703

    #1

    Very good oil change Tech..

    So My car has a bad rough startup.
    So armen at TNG automotive advised me to run it to go get oil, buy some ATF add it to the motor before I drive back... when I got home I drained it and bam! its fine now.
    Since the valves are hydraulic he said some of them where probably clogged so the atf is a detergent and cleaned it out. So now the car is good on fresh 20/50 and I would advise this to everyone it works great.

  • BBY1104

    #2
    How long did you run it before you changed it?

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    • E30Driv3R
      E30 Enthusiast
      • May 2004
      • 1169

      #3
      wouldnt diesel oil do the same, just safer?
      Dan Zickel
      1995 M3, 1991 318iS, 1987 325iS

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      • Tree18is
        R3VLimited
        • Mar 2004
        • 2703

        #4
        No I drove the car to Advanced auto to get it warm, then poured the ATF in, so from there to home it did its magic. lik 10 miles.
        the 20/50 is perfect, the diesel oil is pretty thick, so you might wanna switch it. in the trooper it raised the oil pressure by 5psi, which might be high for our high end m42's !

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        • iNetForce
          Member
          • Mar 2007
          • 82

          #5
          how many quarts of ATF? Will it work the with synthetic blend?

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          • SamE30e
            R3V Elite
            • Sep 2007
            • 4319

            #6
            If you add seafoam to the oil and drive it for about 50km it does the same thing. JUST DON'T DRIVE MORE THEN THAT, there is potential to clog the pickup and lose oil pressure.
            1985 325e 2.8 Turbo VEMS

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            • Farbin Kaiber
              Lil' Puppet
              • Jul 2007
              • 29502

              #7
              Originally posted by Tree18is
              No I drove the car to Advanced auto to get it warm, then poured the ATF in, so from there to home it did its magic. lik 10 miles.
              the 20/50 is perfect, the diesel oil is pretty thick, so you might wanna switch it. in the trooper it raised the oil pressure by 5psi, which might be high for our high end m42's !

              You do know 20w50 is a diesel oil blend, right?

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              • gearheadE30
                No R3VLimiter
                • Jun 2007
                • 3734

                #8
                atf generally has a cleaner in it, something like adding seafoam. I'm not sure how good it is to leave that in the engine though.

                Project M42 Turbo

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