Oil usage on 2009 X5 Diesel xDrive35d

[FunfDreisig]

Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

Pft yeah right. I treat my X3 better than that.......

FWIW my point was not that taking it in for BMW service was better (or worse, for that matter). Rather, that BMW probably doesn't automatically reset ANY service indicator, since that is one method to get most BMW owners to bring their vehicles back to BMW for service and to turn off that annoying light/noise/message

Funf Dreisig

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by AzNMpower32

Pft yeah right. I treat my X3 better than that.......oil changes at 12500km intervals especially since the X3 has been long out of warranty. I pay more for that fancy Castrol 0W-30 as well. When one plans to keep the car a long time, it's nice to spoil the car and not worry about "if its worth it".

Even when still in the warranty, I'd still do an intermediate change in between at my own cost. But I'm not starting another one of these threads.

I do oil changes myself, rather than use the dealer. I suspect they don't use a torque wrench on the oil drain plug like I do.

Maybe I overdo it, but then again, I've never had a stripped drain plug...

[jimsaq]

They must have changed/updated the design sometime in the last few years.

....yeh... stuff changes all the time it's extremely common for something done a particular way one year to be done differently a short time later due to advancement of technology

[AzNMpower32]

I reset the service intervals myself, if needed. It's fairly easy.