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      10-15-2010, 09:21 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by MikeinAlexandria View Post
It is a 2006, what? 116, 118, 125? How many miles? Have you changed the differential and transmission fluids? If you have more than 50k miles on the car, I would do this, and maybe even look at the shifter bushings to make sure they are not wearing out. 2000 rpm is pretty low for shifting unless it is a 135i, even my old Z3 coupe would stutter and bog at that rpm in higher gears. (It wanted to rev). Try changing the fluids and shifting at 3000 rpm on a regular basis to see if that helps at all.
It is 2006 116i Petrol
35K Miles
So i should start shifting gears at higher revs ? Thanks
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