2005 525I Oil Change
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Originally Posted by vern' date='Apr 24 2005, 11:55 AM
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Ching-Ho Cheng
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[/quote]Talk to a Mobil 1 distributor and see if he recommends changing the oil this frequently. He will probably say that this is a waste of money and petroleum. Good synthetics will last 12,000 miles easily in most engines and driving patterns.
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[/quote]I use Mobil 1 for many years in my other cars. I always change at 3k miles even though it is synthetic. I need to keep the car for a long time, just like my Escort - 16 years and 200k miles. My Volvo is about 10 years and 140k miles. BMW should at least match up with my Volvo.
A little cost to pay to keep the engine running smooth and quiet.
Ching-Ho Cheng
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You wasted a lot of money on oil that you didn't have to replace. You could have bought a new ESCORT
cheers
vrn
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[/quote]Maybe, you can try to find a new Escort. If you can find one "brand new" from Ford, I will buy it from you ....
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Originally Posted by noonehome' date='Apr 25 2005, 10:51 AM
To add a little fuel to the fire...
Saturday I recieved my 1st oil change based upon Time (1 year @ 8700 miles).
I found it interesting that they did not reset the service indicator which currently shows service due in 2900 miles. I asked about this since 2900 miles is only 4 or so months off based upon my normal driving and a trip I have planned. They said that indeed I should bring it back in when indicated to.
So BMW recomended oil service is ranging from 2900 to 15000 miles???
But they did follow BMW's instuctions:
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Saturday I recieved my 1st oil change based upon Time (1 year @ 8700 miles).
I found it interesting that they did not reset the service indicator which currently shows service due in 2900 miles. I asked about this since 2900 miles is only 4 or so months off based upon my normal driving and a trip I have planned. They said that indeed I should bring it back in when indicated to.
So BMW recomended oil service is ranging from 2900 to 15000 miles???
But they did follow BMW's instuctions:
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