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Old 11-29-2005, 10:17 AM
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Originally Posted by viper23325
I have an X5 2002 with 71,000 miles I changed my oil 1,000 miles ago with Synthetic mobile one and 1,000 miles later it says check oil level??? I looked and it seems low whats going on does my car have a bad engine or is it normal to burn oil so quick?
1Qt of oil consumption in 750 miles is the max within BMW specifications. Couple of questions:

1. 3.0 or 4.4?
2. Did you change the oil yourself?

If you have a 3.0, shops have been know to perform the 7Qt oil changes when requirement is 7.9Qt. Just something I've seen.

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