Oil consumption in a 3.0...

[Mike O.]

...OK, I've had my X5 3.0 for about 10,000 miles now. I bought it CPO. It had 36K and is now at 47K.

It's eating a quart every 900-1200 miles. Consumption is higher when I am doing a long highway drive which leads me to believe the higher rpm and resulting higher oil pressure is pushing oil by somewhere (I would have to believe by the rings).

Called the stealer and they said that's within spec. WHA? He claims BMW won't even look at it until it's 1 quart per 750 miles.

I've got an Audi A4 in the driveway with 250,000 miles (not a typo) that doesn't eat a drop of oil between oil changes. Oh...and that engine has a bigger turbo/injectors/exhaust running 18psi on stock internals.

Two things. First, does BMW really suck that hard at building engines? Second, is the dealer screwing with me?

Mike O.