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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='438368' date='Jun 21 2007, 04:46 PM
My oil light warning came on today - its the 2nd time the car has been low on oil in its first 6400 miles. I do drive agressively and whatnot, but this seems a little odd to me. I stopped by the dealer today and they added another quart or so, and didnt seem too concerned.
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
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Originally Posted by olus' post='439057' date='Jun 23 2007, 12:46 PM
Same problem here also with a 520i, with 16.600 km.
I have already added 2 liters of oil and the warning (add another litter asap) come on again yesterday.
It doesn't look good to me. How in the world a brand new car could "drink" 3 liters of oil ?
Is there any official response from BMW?
I will check with one of the most trustworthy dealers in my country (Greece) and let you know.
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I have already added 2 liters of oil and the warning (add another litter asap) come on again yesterday.
It doesn't look good to me. How in the world a brand new car could "drink" 3 liters of oil ?
Is there any official response from BMW?
I will check with one of the most trustworthy dealers in my country (Greece) and let you know.
Olus
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='438368' date='Jun 21 2007, 01:46 PM
My oil light warning came on today - its the 2nd time the car has been low on oil in its first 6400 miles. I do drive agressively and whatnot, but this seems a little odd to me. I stopped by the dealer today and they added another quart or so, and didnt seem too concerned.
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
I also have this problem. 04 545i with 29k miles. I use 1 quart every 5k miles. But just because everyone else has this problem does not mean that it is normal... it just means that it is not fixable ( if you were the only one then that would mean that something is wrong with just your car and this seems to be how they all are ) I would feel better if someone could explain to me why it happens and where it all goes. When the dealer says that "these engines love oil", or that "the oil needs to seep in" I just feel like they take me for a fool since both those explanations are stupid. For example the SR71 airplane has to wait until just before takoff to fill the gastanks which leak all the way down the track. There is a perfectly good explanation for this, and it is not that the "gas tanks love gas" or that they need the gas to "seep in" the reality is that they do leak, they leak at room tempature because the wings are the tanks and they do not seal up until they have started to expand from the extreme heat they were designed for. So what is the real explanation for the oil loss on our motors? Did BMW use their new reverse engine wear technology on our cars? ( Motors that start out worn and burn oil but then after 300k miles the piston rings and valve guides are like new )
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='438368' date='Jun 21 2007, 10:46 PM
My oil light warning came on today - its the 2nd time the car has been low on oil in its first 6400 miles. I do drive agressively and whatnot, but this seems a little odd to me. I stopped by the dealer today and they added another quart or so, and didnt seem too concerned.
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
Go slower
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='438623' date='Jun 22 2007, 10:13 AM
I didn't realise that an engine's love affair with heavy oil consumption was a healthy indicator.
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Seems like there are 3 possible sub-topics going here:
1) oil sensor malfunction
2) improper break in, now car "love" oils
3) occasional agressive driving make my car to snack on oil
1) can easily be tested by doing oil change and measure the drained oil when "low" oil indicator goes off. Don't keep topping off until you are sure, sice too much oil is bad fron crank seal not to mention turbo(if equpped) and cat.
2) This happens to any engine, don't care what people are saying that modern engine needs no break in. Just check with Mike Miller at BMW CCA master tech.
3) should be expected, though I drive agressively when the car is fully at optimum temp and never had to top any of my car with oil, though I change my oil @7500 or 6mo whichever comes first.
1) oil sensor malfunction
2) improper break in, now car "love" oils
3) occasional agressive driving make my car to snack on oil
1) can easily be tested by doing oil change and measure the drained oil when "low" oil indicator goes off. Don't keep topping off until you are sure, sice too much oil is bad fron crank seal not to mention turbo(if equpped) and cat.
2) This happens to any engine, don't care what people are saying that modern engine needs no break in. Just check with Mike Miller at BMW CCA master tech.
3) should be expected, though I drive agressively when the car is fully at optimum temp and never had to top any of my car with oil, though I change my oil @7500 or 6mo whichever comes first.
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Originally Posted by lawguy' post='438368' date='Jun 22 2007, 04:46 AM
My oil light warning came on today - its the 2nd time the car has been low on oil in its first 6400 miles. I do drive agressively and whatnot, but this seems a little odd to me. I stopped by the dealer today and they added another quart or so, and didnt seem too concerned.
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
Anything think this is a little more concerning? This makes 2 times they've added since I got the car...
Just look at the M5 it drinks oil like petro.
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Originally Posted by aybeesea' post='438623' date='Jun 22 2007, 09:13 AM
I didn't realise that an engine's love affair with heavy oil consumption was a healthy indicator.
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I'd have to agree - 2 quarts of oil on 6000 miles is not normal at all...that's high consumption! I don't have history with BMW (yet) but do these engines use that much oil? I'd be worried that a sensor is faulty and they may be adding too much oil. Is there a manual dipstick you can check? I sure hope mine doesn't use that amount, (or ANY for that matter), of oil!
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Originally Posted by geokr1' post='439175' date='Jun 23 2007, 07:40 PM
Agressive driving on a fairly new engine will do it. But after 6K mile your engine is pretty much broken in and your consumption should go to very little, in fact, if you're full now I wouldn't expect more than a quart per 5K miles of normal driving is all it would take. But if you're running it to redline every five minutes then what you're seeing is normal. The price of having fun is a quart of oil every now and then....