Check out the inside of this 4L-30E

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=839875
No need to change that fluid, eh?

can you pull the photos and host and then post them hear? I went to view the images and they say I need a username and password.

Let me try. Sorry about that...

"The page isn't redirecting properly"

I give up...! I tried using [img] tags without success.

Finally...
The main pan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/surferfletch/4Lpan.jpg
The magnet
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/surferfletch/4Lmagnet.jpg
The overdrive pan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v380/surferfletch/yikes.jpg

:eek: This the fill pans of an automatic transmission?:) Andie

Yeah - from a BMW. The main pan design is better for the BMW. Looks like it holds more fluid and the fill plug is on the side of the pan, rather than on the bottom. I wonder why the Isuzu version is different. Clearance? Exhaust or 4wd components in the way?

I fail to see a problem with that. Good for another 100k miles.

LOL.

Dang, almost said it with a straight face.

I've been changing my fluid regularly, but after that photo I think I'll pull the overdrive pan sometime soon. :eek2:

:) That last pic looks like my last attempt at choc. chip cookies!! I feel lucky that i dont have to worry bout 2 pans, since mine only has one big one. Andie:)

I've been changing my fluid regularly, but after that photo I think I'll pull the overdrive pan sometime soon. :eek2:

I didn't find the bottom of my overdrive pan to have a ton of paste when I dropped it. I only did it once in the vehicle's life, but I swap some fluid often. I'll guess yours isn't that bad!

I didn't find the bottom of my overdrive pan to have a ton of paste when I dropped it. I only did it once in the vehicle's life, but I swap some fluid often. I'll guess yours isn't that bad!

I took out the overdrive pan by accident because I thought the gasket was leaking, turn out that it was the accumulator piston. But when I look at the OD pan, it wasn't that bad... as long as you change your tranny fluid frequently.