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      07-24-2017, 05:34 PM   #67
Sanelko
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Drives: 2012 Jet Black 328i
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Seattle

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Just did the change a few days ago myself. Took about 4.5 quarts.

FYI, the ISTA+ "Oil adjustment" procedure following pan/filter replacement is as follows (car initially off):
1. Fill pan until fluid drips from the fill plug
2. Turn car on, and immediately repeat step 1
3. Get in the car and shift to reverse, then D, then go into the manual shift gate and hold gears 1 & 2 for 10 seconds.
4. Put the car back in park and rev the engine at 2k RPMs for 30 seconds to fill the torque converter.
5. Repeat step 1. Replace fill plug

Supposedly the fluid is supposed to be between 30-40 degrees C before doing step 5, but I was at a rent-a-lift place and didn't want to wait for it to drop from 57 degC back to under 40degC. I just overfilled a bit and quickly replaced my fill plug in order to compensate for the warmer oil.
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