Oil Use

[noncom23]

2006 4.4 with 8000 mi. Has used two qts oil now. My 03' never
did this. Any comments? I know we continue to cover this.
Not sure if this new car blow by.

[motordavid]

noncom,
If I had any brand performance car, and
used 2 qts in 8,000 miles, I wouldn't blink an eye.

GL,mD

PS: I love your avatar...that's how I feel these
days, standing over 4 footers...head's on fire!

[alpac]

Originally Posted by motordavid

noncom,
If I had any brand performance car, and
used 2 qts in 8,000 miles, I wouldn't blink an eye.

dito that

[mtmnet]

Originally Posted by noncom23

2006 4.4 with 8000 mi. Has used two qts oil now. My 03' never
did this. Any comments? I know we continue to cover this.
Not sure if this new car blow by.

We use to get our oil changed every 3K miles years ago, so checking to see if the oil is low, was never a big deal.

Now, with oil changes every 15K (crazy..) lots of folks are driving around town two quarts low just waiting for the light to come on.

Check the oil level every 2,500 miles and then change it every 5K...IMHO.

Picture of my new 2006 X5...

[jonnysfive]

congrats on the new rides guys .

i change oil on my own at 7500 and go in every other to the dealer . the biggest problem in my mind is the the 15k on the filter ..yiiikes..

[Wally]

Interesting....my 4.4 was low on oil by 1 litre (don't know what that is in quarts, maybe 2 ??) my engine sounded very tappety..if that's a good word to use.

Best described as a tick tick tick noise. The noise then disappeared after about 15- 20 mins of driving. I checked the oil level last night and WOW it needed 1 litre added. This morning I started it, noise is gone and again tonight on the way home the noise is gone.

Cheers, Andy

[fangbosun]

Originally Posted by Wally

Interesting....my 4.4 was low on oil by 1 litre (don't know what that is in quarts, maybe 2 ??) my engine sounded very tappety..if that's a good word to use.

Best described as a tick tick tick noise. The noise then disappeared after about 15- 20 mins of driving. I checked the oil level last night and WOW it needed 1 litre added. This morning I started it, noise is gone and again tonight on the way home the noise is gone.

Cheers, Andy

One quart is .9461 litres

[noncom23]

Thanks guys. I obviously never checked that much in my 2003.

[mtmnet]

It bums me out to think of all those nice new BMWs running around out there low on oil.

I keep hearing stories about oil lights coming on and having to add two quarts of oil.

Not good news for the buyers of used BMWs down the road.

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Check your oil once a month, and change it at least ever 7,500 miles!

[noncom23]

Yeah. Once a month seems about right. Is the filtering system in place good enough to qualify 15,000 mi by BMW?