I just changed my oil, and I must say, this write up is perfect. EXCELLENT...... did it in 30 min, with waiting around for draining, sucking up oil from oil filter housing. cleaning oil from drain plug. etc....

I USED ramps which i got at a yard sale, i got ones from SEARS, but they are plastic and slide, i got some metal ones that weight like 20 lbs each. and are rock solid.

SO i recommend ramps, and all the tools mentioned in the first post.

THANKS FOR THE EXCELLENT WRITE UP>>>>>

 

Changed my 535's oil yesterday in 30 minutes also. So easy even a caveman could do it.

Just be careful to properly remove the bottom cowling as there is a latch that can get broken if forced.

 

After reading 7 pages of this thread, I must say that it was like a good movie, I did not even feel the time go by and.....

it is one of the top ten posts ever in this forum I must add.

Great, simple to understand instructions. Great writeup and video!!!

I wish we had one of these high quality BMW-grade posts for each of the DIYs...!!

I definitively, most assuredly will change my oil soon, I feel like a BMW-tech now.

 

Thanks so much for this - will attempt this soon (even though I dont know if the oil needs to eb changed yet!)

My question - will this DIY be good for my 525d ? (Its a diesel)

thanks again

 

Here's a (kind of) dumb question for all the experts:

I have always wondered about when changing the oil, some of the old oil will remain, and contaminate the new oil so it would become dirty pretty quick.

Is this idea baseless? or is there some truth about it??

When I wash something in the kitchen sink for example, I would wash and rinse a few times, and not just dump the contents and call it clean, and leave it to dry.

I think that, on the other hand, the logical thing to do would be extremely expensive. like dumping a lot of oil and letting it go all the way to the oil pan at the other end........

Any ingenious thoughts ???? Take a minute and share!!!

 

Can you do a write up on not-being-so obsessive-compulsive??

Just yanking your chain.

Thanks.

 

Some people flush an extra quart of oil into engine after original oil has been draining for 20 minutes. Others will pour about 8 ounces of kerosene (oil based) into engine for same purpose. You do not want to use gasoline, as it is not oil based.

Actually, as long as you change oil every 7500 miles or so, there is no need to do any extra. (Obviously, I do not believe in any manufact's recommendation for 10k, 15k, etc. Service writers can write a book re people who took 'too long' between oil changes. Just my 2 cents.

 

nice DIY write up

 

Here is a pic of what I think is the oil drain plug on my 08 535, size 17m this is way different than my 335 oil plug location. Did BMW relocate the drain plug? Comments anyone.

 

Hard to tell from the angle of the pic. but this does not look the engine drain plug.