It's normal. Happend to me to, my dealer added half a litre, said it's better to not add too much. Harder to get it out than add a little more.

 

At least you got a warning, put washer fluid in my 535d the other day and thouht I'd check the oil....not on dipstick !!!! no warning at all, ended puting 2 litres in it. By the way this was at 13000 miles, which probably is not too excessive but no warning !! . Going to check it regurlarly now and get them to see if theres a problem with the low oil sensor , if there is one?

 

My 535d shows the oil level on the iDrive so it must have a sensor? That's not a good sign though, surely?

 

Never seen anything regarding oil level on I Drive (other than service info). What age is your car? Mines March 2007 but previouds model.

 

Built in August 07, delivered September 07. Maybe they changed to electronic on the LCI?

 

Anyone with petrol engine that asks for oil between changes?

 

I had to add 1 litre of oil in my 523i after about 4000km. In all my years of owning a car I have not added oil like this in between oil changes. Hope that this is just a one off thing when the engine is new.

 

Yepp.

I had the same problem with my last 530d, I was going to check the oil before a long trip to France, and there was no oil on the stick at all. It happened before my first service.

 

I don't know what to think. Maybe it's a common thing with newer engines.....From what I have studied over the internet about this it's not a thing to worry and a lot of people say it's normal.

 

Is it just me or are we all just ignoring a problem because everyone else seems to have the same problem. I just bought a CPO'd 2004 545i that had 21,000 miles on it. At 28,000 miles the low oil light came on, it turned out to be 1.5 quarts low. The dealer gave me a laimens answer of " the oil seeps into new engines and it is nothing to worry about" My last BMW was a 1988 325is with 245,000 miles on it. I sold it due to its loss of 1 quart of oil every 5k miles due to worn parts and oil burning. I understand that a 15k mile oil change intervall is a new concept for BMW but My 2000 Mercedes C class had the flexible service interval of around 13k miles but that car did not loose one drop of oil between service. I can just see all of us driving down the road when our warranty is up and having smoke blowing out our tailpipes. I want someone to explain to me where the oil " seeps into" or even better can someone explain what kind of metal can absorb oil like the dealers are telling us.