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11-30-2005, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by vnod' post='205418' date='Dec 1 2005, 02:00 AM
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?
I sent an email yesterday to BMW AG worldwide and I am waiting for their reply. Hope that they are going to pay some attention to my problem, because the dealer and the factory here in Egypt has displayed enormous ignorance regarding my problem. They even don't know if the oil supplied with the engine is Castrol or Mobil-1
:thumbsdown: . Can you believe this?
12-01-2005, 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by JDN' post='204356' date='Nov 28 2005, 09:30 PM
I haven't used any oil yet, Shebs. I was very careful during break-in and followed the directions explicitly. After the first wo a change, it was down less than a pint. Currently it is brimming. I have a dip stick.
same here.....
12-01-2005, 01:20 AM
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12-01-2005, 01:55 AM
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But I Have never been to Egypt, but trafic conditions must be severe and it is a warm climate. BMW oil is LL 04 a 0 W 30 which means a very fluid oil basically made to cope with the sofisticated Valvetronic. It is maybe not adapted to warm countries.
The older BMW specification was a LL 98 a 5 w 40: much better for warmer countries.
Are you facing blue smokes when acelerating? If yes you are burning oil it is abnormal.
An other test is to unscrew a sparkplug and to to check it. If is black you have a problem.
But I Have never been to Egypt, but trafic conditions must be severe and it is a warm climate. BMW oil is LL 04 a 0 W 30 which means a very fluid oil basically made to cope with the sofisticated Valvetronic. It is maybe not adapted to warm countries.
The older BMW specification was a LL 98 a 5 w 40: much better for warmer countries.
Are you facing blue smokes when acelerating? If yes you are burning oil it is abnormal.
An other test is to unscrew a sparkplug and to to check it. If is black you have a problem.
12-01-2005, 04:31 AM
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12-01-2005, 06:28 AM
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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?
I sent an email yesterday to BMW AG worldwide and I am waiting for their reply. Hope that they are going to pay some attention to my problem, because the dealer and the factory here in Egypt has displayed enormous ignorance regarding my problem. They even don't know if the oil supplied with the engine is Castrol or Mobil-1
:thumbsdown: . Can you believe this?[/quote]
You are very welcome Shebs. I can believe it, but not only because you live in Egypt. Dealers/their employees every where often display ignorance. But, I don't think it is totally their faults. Things change fast and are very complicated, and dealer employees are just people, like us, trying to keep up with everything, get their jobs done, have a family, have some spare time, stay out of the way of the politicians, etc., etc.
12-01-2005, 06:48 AM
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Originally Posted by vnod' post='205418' date='Dec 1 2005, 02:00 AM
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?
I sent an email yesterday to BMW AG worldwide and I am waiting for their reply. Hope that they are going to pay some attention to my problem, because the dealer and the factory here in Egypt has displayed enormous ignorance regarding my problem. They even don't know if the oil supplied with the engine is Castrol or Mobil-1
:thumbsdown: . Can you believe this?[/quote]
well sheb,i have just topped up my 535d 1 year old last week 8500 miles and have pured 1ltr of oil in and gess it would take another 1/2 ltr or just under to reach mark. this i find unusaul and worrying as my last 2 530d with miles under 10000 didnt use or need top up at all.in that tome 1-1.5years and 10000miles .
persue the claim and keep us posted...
so the answewr is yes burning oil 1ltr 9000miles uk
but last 2 cars both 530d durnt no oil in 100000miles
12-03-2005, 03:51 AM
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Originally Posted by vnod' post='205418' date='Dec 1 2005, 02:00 AM
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?
I sent an email yesterday to BMW AG worldwide and I am waiting for their reply. Hope that they are going to pay some attention to my problem, because the dealer and the factory here in Egypt has displayed enormous ignorance regarding my problem. They even don't know if the oil supplied with the engine is Castrol or Mobil-1
:thumbsdown: . Can you believe this?[/quote]
You have a good point vnod. But I expect the maintenance engineers to know more about BMWs than I do. I am not showing off or something, but sometimes it turns out that I technically understand how my car works better than they do. This means that I am doing more reading than they are doing, which is again a shortage from their side.
