Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 11:25:43 -0400 From: dscvnopsamltranet.com (Robert Anderson) Subject: Re: Noisy gearchange when cold ??
In article <MPG.13596def8a651c0989681nopsam.btinternet.com>, Paul Hutchings <paul.hutchingsnopsam.co.uk> wrote: > I've noticed on my 1995 900i that on the cold mornings (0 degrees in the > UK at the moment) moving into 1st gear feels sort of "squeltchy", > although the change is smooth it is a little noisy (hard to describe), > after around 15 minutes everything is fine. Likewise when I get into the > car in the afternoon when it's much warmer the problem dissapears. > > As it seems to be related to the temperature am I right in assuming it's > just to do with the box warming up or should I be concerned ? > --snip-- When was the last time the tranmission oil was changed? This was happening to a 1993 I bought recently. I changed the transmission oil and it helped a lot. /Bob