[tgmsocal]

Posted a thread in DIY section about my experience, happy to answer any questions there if you're about to do any of these yourself:

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1367228

-tgm

[zcspec]

Thanks for the post...I just turned 30K on my 335 and may opt to perform a transmission service @ 35K. I may ping you on directions on using ISTA as I also have the program but don't know how to use it.

[tgmsocal]

Nothing to it, tbh. Don't really need to dig through ISTA, just check out the DIY thread that has the torque specs and the bolt pattern. Really is as simple as make sure you can access fill plug -> drain -> remove pan -> bolt up new pan -> follow torque instructions -> fill -> start car and go through P-R-M1-M2 10 sec each while continuing to fill -> torque fill plug.

It took literally an hour and a half, tops.

-tgm

[tgmsocal]

Originally Posted by zcspec

Thanks for the post...I just turned 30K on my 335 and may opt to perform a transmission service @ 35K. I may ping you on directions on using ISTA as I also have the program but don't know how to use it.

Also just realized you said 35k. This is likely much too early to worry about the transmission fluid - ZF recommends 60k miles (100k km) for maintainenance. Based on how my fluid looked (65k miles), I could have probably waited a little longer but it was definitely much dirtier than the new fluid with noticeable debris from the old filter.

-tgm

[zcspec]

Originally Posted by tgmsocal

Also just realized you said 35k. This is likely much too early to worry about the transmission fluid - ZF recommends 60k miles (100k km) for maintainenance. Based on how my fluid looked (65k miles), I could have probably waited a little longer but it was definitely much dirtier than the new fluid with noticeable debris from the old filter.

-tgm

I am a bit obsessive with my preventative maintenance but yeah, 35K miles might be too obsessive. I think I'll wait until 50K.

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by tgmsocal

Posted a thread in DIY section about my experience, happy to answer any questions there if you're about to do any of these yourself:

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1367228

-tgm

Do you have a tune on your car?

Originally Posted by zcspec

Thanks for the post...I just turned 30K on my 335 and may opt to perform a transmission service @ 35K. I may ping you on directions on using ISTA as I also have the program but don't know how to use it.

ISTA is really easy and if you have it and the cable hook it up and try it. You can check for codes and see info about your car.

[tgmsocal]

No, no tune yet but planning on bm3 at some point. The FMIC and CP were both in anticipation of this.

-tgm

[etinifni]

Originally Posted by jgoens

Do you have a tune on your car?

ISTA is really easy and if you have it and the cable hook it up and try it. You can check for codes and see info about your car.

Installing ISTA is a pita. I have yet to try and hook up my laptop to my car when using it.

[Polo08816]

Originally Posted by etinifni

Installing ISTA is a pita. I have yet to try and hook up my laptop to my car when using it.

It is a pain to set it up on a host machine.

I set my ISTAD, ISTAP, ETK, and KSD within a Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine.

The VM takes up about 260gb but could expand to 500gb.

See: http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1339348

[jgoens]

Originally Posted by etinifni

Installing ISTA is a pita. I have yet to try and hook up my laptop to my car when using it.

Originally Posted by Polo08816

It is a pain to set it up on a host machine.

I set my ISTAD, ISTAP, ETK, and KSD within a Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine.

The VM takes up about 260gb but could expand to 500gb.

See: http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1339348

Huh?

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1312102

[Polo08816]

Originally Posted by jgoens

Huh?

http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1312102

There are a few pre-requisite steps that can be annoying such as modifying the registry in a fairly specific way.

It's far easier if you just set up a VM dedicated for ISTA. Also, you're never really sure about the source of such software and therefore not sure if it contains malware. Given that, it's safer to set it up in a VM so it doesn't affect your host machine directly.