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Originally Posted by Leeg
Hi powers1, thanks for taking the time to help/advise me, iv had the car about 6/8 weeks, had full service April 2014 approx 6000 miles, by Indy garage (so the service book states)doesn't say what oil was used, no ticking before I done oil change. I also did the crankcase breather upgrade to vortex type, I'm not the tallest person so I did climb into engine bay to see and reach rear hex bolt on air filter cover  will pull all the plastics off tomorrow Fire her up and see if can pinpoint ticking. Just tried to give her some loving  ha. |
Well,logically if its your oil ,because the previous owner used a thicker oil,then its not a problem and you can use that oil for next 7000 miles or so and then refill with 5W30.
What I would do ,is go over all you have done when you did the oil change.
Make sure you have tighten everything especially the 2 bolts on the breather case and the airbox.Yes,that rear bolt is a bummer to get to even for a 6 footer like me ..Check that you have fitted the oil filter properly and the "o" rings are in place.
One point that many are not aware of the vortex filter ,is that it allows more oil vapours to pass to inlet manifold,whilst the "toilet roll" type filter is more restrictive (better).The reason why BMW changed the filter type was because people with pre-facelift 3.0D "forgot" to replace it periodically (every 20,000 miles) and in high mileage cars it blocked oil breathing,resulting in eventual engine damage,so to be safe BMW fitted one that doesnt block oil breathing but lets more oil vapoour to turbo and inet pipes .You can see more oil in the pipes than on an older 3.0D with the toilet roll filter.The vortex type also gives more oil consumption
The vortex type could also make you hear a different engine noise at tickover.
We still fit the toilet roll filter on high mileage cars and cars that do a lot of town driving.We fit the vortex on more recent cars and those that do more motorway driving.This is ideal!Hope I am being clear !
Hope its one of the two and not something that I mentioned previously that coincidentally popped up after your oil change.Lets hope not
