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Old 02-14-2010, 02:59 PM
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Added 4 qts. of oil! Where's it going?

I just checked the dipstick on my 2001 3.0 X5 and it was dry. I started adding oil and it took 3 qts before any showed up on the dipstick. I added one more and that brought it about half way between the add and full marks. The engine doesn't leak any oil and I haven't seen any smoke coming out of the tail pipe. The oil was changed less than 5k miles ago and I still have 3 green bars on the dash indicator. I'm wondering if the guy that changed the oil didn't put enough in when he changed it. Even if he put in 5 quarts it shouldn't take 4 more to fill it. I can understand maybe three if he only put in five and maybe it used a quart since then, but 4 quarts seems a little much. Any thoughts on this?
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