The major culprit would be a slave cylinder.you will find it on your gear box under your car,you will have to jack your car for this.you can either change seals in the cylinder which can be a mission if you don't know how but cheaper or replace with a new one.hope this will help.d
SOURCE: BMW 318 Automatic - Gears
something may be loose or soo old it may need replacing if worn from miss use or hard work or pressure for your own safety
SOURCE: gear knob removal bmw 318 ci
It's very simple. Involves a bit of fore arm strenght.
It should pull straight off. Just put one hand around the gear knob & your other hand supporting or gripping with both.
Just pull straight up. It shouldn't need much force. A small amount of glue may have been used to help hold it in place.
The knob might come off leaving the plastic sleeve/insert in the shifter. Same again, just grip that & try pull it off. A vice grips should not be neccessary but if you need it be carefull not to apply too much pressure as you don't want to break the sleeve into pieces.
The new knob should have a sleeve with it. Normally it will be inserted & you should be able to just pop it straight on.
Make sure it's lined up properly. You probably noticed on the bare metal shifter that it has a notch normally running across from left to right. Well inside the knob if you can see in you will notice it has a plastic or metal piece that will fit into this notch. This is to stop the knob from spinning around or slipping!
Just push down on the top of the knob & try slide it over the shifter. It might not go down all the way with pushing so a few taps with you palm may be enough if you have big strong hands but if not be carefull & only use a rubber head hammer or something you can hold but won't mark or break the knob.
Put a towel or old t-shirt over the knob & use anythink heavy that you can hold easily with one hand & that has no sharp edges!
I don't think any glue should be neccessary but if you feel it needs a little & the knob is comming off or going on too easy then just a few drops on the sides of the bare metal shifter before sliding the knob back on should suffice!
Good luck!
SOURCE: 2001 BMW 330i clutch vibration
u have a worn out clutch pressure plate release bearing, that is what u feel and hear..
SOURCE: cannot remove my gear knob!!
get a hold of it and yank it off , and that it . hope this helps
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