Oil Level Sensor - Wish I had a dipstick
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LCI 550s do not have a dipstick. If iDrive says that you are at the minimim level and that you need to add oil, add one quart. And yes, it takes something like 10 minutes with the engine on before it will give you an oil level reading on the iDrive for the LCI 550. I have to add a quart about every 6k miles.
I remember reading a thread about this way back and looked for mine and damn, found it. Once you see it you wonder how you missed it before. i really think, from smell and look of fluid on it when I pulled it out, that its an oil dipstick. Check it out.
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wait a minute - i don't feel like researching this right now, but I have an LCI 550 and I have a dipstick. I don't know if the dipstick, honestly, is for the transmission or the oil, but I have one and I've looked at it, taken it out, put it back, etc etc.
I remember reading a thread about this way back and looked for mine and damn, found it. Once you see it you wonder how you missed it before. i really think, from smell and look of fluid on it when I pulled it out, that its an oil dipstick. Check it out.
I remember reading a thread about this way back and looked for mine and damn, found it. Once you see it you wonder how you missed it before. i really think, from smell and look of fluid on it when I pulled it out, that its an oil dipstick. Check it out.
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Please someone confirm the dipstick availability on 08 550's..... you guys are sending me through an emotional roller coaster. And I won't get home till April 9th! 
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According to realoem.com we do, and its an oil dipstick. see below number 17:
http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...54&hg=11&fg=10
No. Description Supplement Qty From Up To Part Number Price Notes
01 OIL PAN UPPER PART 1 11137544594 $582.49 +core
02 Stud bolt M8X45-8.8-ZNS3 1 07129903965 $2.25
03 Gasket Steel 1 11137545293 $48.50
04 PROFILE-GASKET 1 11417508114 $12.02
05 Hex bolt with washer M6X20 10 07119904527 $0.44
07 Hex bolt with washer M8X25-8.8-ZNNIV 18 07119905394 $0.64
08 Hex bolt with washer M8X80-U1-8.8 2 07119904845 $1.98
09 Cover lid 1 11137524165 $8.69
10 Cap 1 11137523083 $4.70
11 Cap 1 11137523084 $4.70
12 Cap 1 11137523085 $4.70
13 Cap 1 11137523086 $4.70
14 Guide tube 1 11437549635 $40.73 +core
15 O-ring 14,5X3 1 11431287541 $1.19
16 Hex bolt with washer M6X16-U1-8.8 1 07119904524 $0.25
17 Dipstick 1 11437549637 $15.30
18 O-ring 9X2,2 2 11431717666 $0.73
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and read all about it here, with pictures. It is only on the V8's though, not the 6's.
https://5series.net/forums/topic/262...-on-v8-models/
https://5series.net/forums/topic/262...-on-v8-models/
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and read all about it here, with pictures. It is only on the V8's though, not the 6's.
https://5series.net/forums/topic/262...-on-v8-models/
https://5series.net/forums/topic/262...-on-v8-models/
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You guys are the BEST!!! Got home and checked... I DO HAVE A DIPSTICK (and I'm not talking the guy that usually sits in the driver's seat either). 
This car's a keeper! No runflats, got a spare, have a dipstick, got the 6MT, etc...
This car's a keeper! No runflats, got a spare, have a dipstick, got the 6MT, etc...
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Man took you 15 days to report back? LOL
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