Engine oil at minimum level

[JCL]

Originally Posted by motordavid

...with JCL. The part I don't know is the oil level sensor warning
in the new E70s: if it comes "on" with 1 or 2, or more qts "down".

But, a qt or 2, in the first 5,000 miles is fairly typical in these engines.
Some owners will see very little oil consumption, others will see your
rate of consumption. And, your dlr will point that out, when you get your
freebie top off.

If there are no obvious leaks, drips, smoking tail pipe, I would not
worry, but watch consumption over the next 5K miles.
GL,mD

I don't have an E70, but in my E60 (535i) the light comes on when it is one quart down. It took just over 8000 km from new, and one litre brought it back to full. Consumption dropped slightly since then, and I find that it stays in the top half of the range (up to 500 ml down) for quite a while, then goes more quickly to the 'add oil' level, pretty much like a fuel gauge that is slow to move on the top half of the tank, but moves more quickly on the bottom half.

I don't think that level of oil consumption is anything to worry about, personally.