BMW E60 M5 SMG Hydraulic Fluid Change  

can't wait to get one of these cars man. having your videos as a free resource would make ownership much less scary!

Damn brother, my E60 M5s will love you! I’ve been searching the internet for months trying to find the procedure to do this fluid change, to no avail. I can’t thank you enough for doing this! You the man, M Tech Guy! Thanks 🎉

Great instructions, your car looks pristine

Great tutorial, thanks. Any chance you could do a video on servicing the SMG pump motor? Apparently they can get clogged up with carbon dust and perform better after cleaning.

Big thanks for the all videos, learning alot for my 530i SMG 6 Speed!

Still producing the best BMW content on RU-vid. Can't understand why your subscriber count isn't 10 or even 100 fold higher

Another great video - I’ll complete this procedure on mine. That fluid looked very tired. So helpful of BMW to put the SMG III fluid reservoir all the way down there. Its a five minute job to do this on an SMG II in an E46 as the Pentosin reservoir is under the bonnet.

Hi! Great content and very appreciative of your thorough explanation and step by step instructions. I own a 2008 M5 with just about 68k miles. I just did the SMG hydraulic fluid change and it went very well. Thank you! The fluid that came out was dark orange, but the most concerning part was that there was much more new fluid going in compared to what came out. So i’m glad I did it and intend to do it every 15k miles along with the gear oil and diff oil moving forward. I m doing my oil change every 3.5k miles with 10w60 LiquiMoly and I add CeraTec to help with reducing wear on the rod bearings. The car was a south California car then with me in South Florida all its life, so cold start was never a problem. Plus it has the second drain plug so i’m not concerned about the bearing and will preventatively changed them after 100k miles. This might sound stange but this E60 M5 is one of the most reliable BMW i’ve ever owned. Despite its race pedigree, it’s built to last and it’s surprisingly easy to work on. Thanks again for the work you do, it really has an impact on getting the confidence of DIY and owning such an incredible piece of automotive history at a very small cost of ownership!

Love your videos ! so clean ! so easy to understand ! and you get to the point

Another Quality video👍 Been hoping for a while you would do this one! But also “dam you” because I’ve only just put the under tray back on!😂 So may save this job for the winter! Another worth while job on these if your looking for ideas: Remove the side skirts and clean underneath them as they harbour all sorts of dirt,Mud,leafs & grime! That just hold the damp, well in the UK anyway! Stop the rot setting in! They come off and go on fairly easily as well,so worth doing as a preventative maint every once in a while!

Your vids have helped me so much! Thank you for making them. I think I’ve watched all of them for the s85 and keep referring back to them. Have you ever looked to do the x2 auxiliary oil pump gaskets?

Excellent

just what i needed , planing on doing this soon . one question when you did the gearbox oil change you didnt show where the fill plug was . is it easy to find with the cooler removed ?

How much u put in there? 1Liter?

Excellent knowledge once again. Have you done a video on removing the SMG pump? My E61 has just got the red cog and pump wont prime now. Keen to fix it myself rather than take to my local dealer.

Great video yet again , do you plan to change vacume lines , all of them

Have you done the gearbox oil also? Makes sense to do it while you've got the car jacked up and the covers off

can you disconnect the battery instead of getting the relay out ??? i'm looking to do it my self as well just wanted to know if it's the same thing ! thanks!!

Can you tell us what the scan tool is that you’re using? Would be nice to be able to do these things without having to use a laptop and then trying to figure out how to get ISTA working.

so you think it's safe to change the fluid if i just disconnect the battery if i don't have the scanner ????

What scan tool model/manufacturer do you use? Thanks

how exactly does the pressure get reduced by the scan tool ?

What change intervall would you recommend?

if you do this without depressurizing your not causing any damage just making a mess correct ?

Did you notice any improvement