Originally Posted by mishar

In your first message you said that you are sure that he (your mechanic) used same fluid for the last flash. So it would be blue fluid @$40 per liter. Are you sure?

Originally Posted by MP4.2+6.0

Do the flush--the 3x cycle--or even jut some periodic, serial maintenance drains. But after that, move on from that supposed fix.

As a long time board member, and maybe the one guy posting who has been inside the tranny beyond just a pan drop, I think the TSB has kind of run its course as some magic cure all for a variety of shift issues. That was written when the cars were young and the mileages low. As has been said by another poster or two, its probably the simple fluid changing to fresh lubricant with a fresh additive package that matters more now, IF that will improve the situation.

I have posted about a specific issue I found, and information I got from a respected ZF shop and found from BMW related places that seem to have gotten further into the tranny than in the Audi arena. The work and fix are ugly labor wise in my case, but the fix was also definitive. More generally, that things like valve bodies and solenoids--that control the shifts ultimately--wear and have issues over time is not news since when they first showed up with the D1. I happened to find--as have BMW types--that at least in some cases the o ring based seal upstream from that valve body also has issues.

Originally Posted by winy68

The problems:
When the car is in gear (D or R) and my foot is on the brake I get some vibration as if the idle is to low and the car is going to stall.
I also occasionally get a rough shift even when i'm driving gently.

Originally Posted by mishar

Was this problem present before you changed ATF?

Originally Posted by mishar

If he used same ATF it might be that level is not right. Attached is procedure.