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11-29-2005, 01:59 PM
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At 36K miles, i-Drive asked me to add 1 quart to it, and I did to make both my wife and my car happy. Had an oil change at 37Kmiles. It's 40K miles now, and no issue yet.
11-29-2005, 10:22 PM
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nicke60gre,
I have a printed version of the same sheet, and that is what BMW Egypt are trying to convince me with: that this oil consumption is normal.
I don't care a single bit about what the TIS sheet says. I don't believe that my new car should consume 0.35 Liter of oil per 1000 km. May be this 0.7 L/1000 km is the limit for cars at the worst operating conditions with the worst driver in the world. It is the limit at which the engine should be overhauled after heavy use.
Let's put it this way, I am going to sell my car to any of this forum member:
The buyer: "Well Shebs is thier any issues about your 520i that I should know of?"
Shebs: "Yes sir, my car consumes 1 Liter of oil every 2900 km"
The buyer: "Ok. Sorry Shebs, but I am going to buy another 520i which doesn't have such a defect"
Isn't this what is going to happen?
Come on Guys to I have the right to make a claim agaist BMW or not?
I have a printed version of the same sheet, and that is what BMW Egypt are trying to convince me with: that this oil consumption is normal.
I don't care a single bit about what the TIS sheet says. I don't believe that my new car should consume 0.35 Liter of oil per 1000 km. May be this 0.7 L/1000 km is the limit for cars at the worst operating conditions with the worst driver in the world. It is the limit at which the engine should be overhauled after heavy use.
Let's put it this way, I am going to sell my car to any of this forum member:
The buyer: "Well Shebs is thier any issues about your 520i that I should know of?"
Shebs: "Yes sir, my car consumes 1 Liter of oil every 2900 km"
The buyer: "Ok. Sorry Shebs, but I am going to buy another 520i which doesn't have such a defect"
Isn't this what is going to happen?
Come on Guys to I have the right to make a claim agaist BMW or not?
11-29-2005, 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Shebs' post='205141' date='Nov 30 2005, 09:22 AM
nicke60gre,
I have a printed version of the same sheet, and that is what BMW Egypt are trying to convince me with: that this oil consumption is normal.
I don't care a single bit about what the TIS sheet says. I don't believe that my new car should consume 0.35 Liter of oil per 1000 km. May be this 0.7 L/1000 km is the limit for cars at the worst operating conditions with the worst driver in the world. It is the limit at which the engine should be overhauled after heavy use.
Let's put it this way, I am going to sell my car to any of this forum member:
The buyer: "Well Shebs is thier any issues about your 520i that I should know of?"
Shebs: "Yes sir, my car consumes 1 Liter of oil every 2900 km"
The buyer: "Ok. Sorry Shebs, but I am going to buy another 520i which doesn't have such a defect"
Isn't this what is going to happen?
Come on Guys to I have the right to make a claim agaist BMW or not?
I have a printed version of the same sheet, and that is what BMW Egypt are trying to convince me with: that this oil consumption is normal.
I don't care a single bit about what the TIS sheet says. I don't believe that my new car should consume 0.35 Liter of oil per 1000 km. May be this 0.7 L/1000 km is the limit for cars at the worst operating conditions with the worst driver in the world. It is the limit at which the engine should be overhauled after heavy use.
Let's put it this way, I am going to sell my car to any of this forum member:
The buyer: "Well Shebs is thier any issues about your 520i that I should know of?"
Shebs: "Yes sir, my car consumes 1 Liter of oil every 2900 km"
The buyer: "Ok. Sorry Shebs, but I am going to buy another 520i which doesn't have such a defect"
Isn't this what is going to happen?
Come on Guys to I have the right to make a claim agaist BMW or not?
I think that 1 lt every 5000 km is also a bad score.
One friend here, own a Mitsubishi EVO, 2000 cc turbo and drives it always on the red line (8000-8500 rpm).
He don't have oil consumption that much your car have. (it consumes about 1 lt every 8000 km - oil changing )
Also I know oil consumption is depended from the oil you use.
I've heared that Aral Tronic is the oil with the lower consumption in the market for our vehicles.
Good luck.
11-29-2005, 11:27 PM
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No, just regular oil changes.
11-30-2005, 11:30 AM
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This is a very good point you are raising here but no, it is not always sandy and hot in Egypt. Nowadays the temperature where I live in Cairo is around 23 C in the morning and 13 C at night. Perfect weather. And yes it is a little bit dustier than Europe, but again all my friends who live in Cairo and own an E60 or any other new car never experienced such oil consumption as mine.
11-30-2005, 03:00 PM
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I agree that 1 lt every 2900 km is unacceptable.
I think that 1 lt every 5000 km is also a bad score.
One friend here, own a Mitsubishi EVO, 2000 cc turbo and drives it always on the red line (8000-8500 rpm).
He don't have oil consumption that much your car have. (it consumes about 1 lt every 8000 km - oil changing )
Also I know oil consumption is depended from the oil you use.
I've heared that Aral Tronic is the oil with the lower consumption in the market for our vehicles.
Good luck.
I think that 1 lt every 5000 km is also a bad score.
One friend here, own a Mitsubishi EVO, 2000 cc turbo and drives it always on the red line (8000-8500 rpm).
He don't have oil consumption that much your car have. (it consumes about 1 lt every 8000 km - oil changing )
Also I know oil consumption is depended from the oil you use.
I've heared that Aral Tronic is the oil with the lower consumption in the market for our vehicles.
Good luck.
All I can say that I was very unlucky with my car.
Originally Posted by tomwid' post='205147' date='Nov 30 2005, 9:57 PM
Could the weather conditions effect oil consumption? Is it always sandy and hot in Egypt?
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Shebs has had much bad luck with his car. The oil-consumption problem is the latest problem, or at least it is becoming more clear that it is a significant problem. If anyone needs communication from BMW, then it is Shebs. Sheb's can BMW contact you through information available through these fora?
11-30-2005, 03:03 PM
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I have never added oil. To date... 6K mikes. I have also owned two other BMW's and put over 100K miles on both of them and I never needed to add oil. My experience has been change the oil every 5 to 7K miles... and I never needed to add a drop between changes. Good luck.