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Hooray! · #20 06-13-2010, 07:03 AM

2002 530i ZF green sticker.... Valvoline MaxLife ATF... call Steve Dose at www.dosebmw.com... he has broken down thousands of ZF's (one of three ZF authorized dealers in USA). He puts ESSO (now lifetime) in those he gets in via freight only because ESSO is brown not red and he is afraid MaxLife's red color may entice a sleeping tech to top off with regular ATF.

RedLine in the rear differential and in the engine but not their ATF. Too "slippery" for any transmission with over 75,000 (even though mine has 60,000 on it).