Oil consumption problem

[SANguru]

nope.. the E60 that I just lemoned.

Originally Posted by DINANM3

Which of your M5s was burning a quart every 500miles. I assume it was the E39 since that was a serious problem in early models. But I dont remember what year you had. Mine was a later build and I never had that problem.

[Scott in Cincy]

I doubt it will make you feel any better, but my 4.8is burned a TON in it's first 10k (probably 4 or 5 quarts), but the second 20k, I haven't burned 2 quarts the entire time.

I'm with you about this oil burning nonsense, though. I've owned lots of german cars and they all do it. However, I've also owned lots of performance japanese cars and none of them burned any oil. So, in reality, a motor doesn't *HAVE* to burn oil, like BMW/Audi/Porsche/others would like you to think. (Unless it's a rotary, and that's just an entirely different beast).

Who knows? I like German cars better for daily drivers enough to stop caring about the oil burning issue. But it is a load of crap the dealers give you.

[Scott in Cincy]

Originally Posted by SANguru

nope.. the E60 that I just lemoned.

Enquiring minds want to know...what happened?