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For a regular N63 engine, it's way too much. However, for the S63 engine, many M5 owners, incl. myself are drinking oil at a crazy rate.
For me, 1st 7000km, 1 litre top up for every 1000km. Beyond 7000km, 1 litre top up for every 1500km. dealer service foreman checked bmw service bulletin & said it's normal and the pace of top up will graudally level off. |
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Given the limited distances and predominantly city driving, the vehicle is in low gear most of the time. That may contribute to the additional oil burn. Once again, I am no expert. |
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03-10-2013, 10:55 AM | #28 | |
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I would never take a brand new BMW to Jiffy Lube for 3 reasons: 1. The high school mechanic would be looking for an oil dip stick. 2. They would not use BMW oil or oil filter (unless you provide it, then that's $70 for oil + $20-30 for labor) 3. They wouldn't have the BMW oil filter tool, so probably going to use a pipe wrench. I'm very anal about changing oil myself. I'm edgy about the 15k oil change thing, so I take it to the dealers for the "free" change and I change the oil myself between changes. If you don't have a garage, just pay the BMW dealer $100. It would be only a $30 savings doing it yourself. Last edited by JNoSol; 03-10-2013 at 11:04 AM.. |
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03-10-2013, 11:02 AM | #29 | |
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I'm not sure if it's that convenient to get to a BMW dealership in Macau. Another method record a video of each top offs. Keep us posted as you log more miles. Last edited by JNoSol; 03-10-2013 at 11:12 AM.. |
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04-05-2013, 10:45 AM | #31 |
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I took delivery of my 650i GC on February 29. I just hit 1,244 miles this past Tuesday, and the low oil reading popped up on my idrive screen. The next Wednesday, I stopped in to the BMW service center I have been using since 2009, and had to pay for a quart of oil for the top off. ($7 'n' change)While I was paying for the quart of oil from the parts desk, I went ahead and ordered the gloss black kidney grilles for her at the same time, lol.
I see now that it seems to be somewhat common for this engine to burn through oil rather quickly. As it has been stated in this tread a couple of times, that I hope the oil comsuption rate improves over time in this awesome machine. If anyone has any feedback as to me having to pay for the quart of oil for a one month old BMW with just over 1000 miles, please chime in for me. I wasn't upset that I had to pay for it, and 7 bucks is nothing to cry over, but when I asked the SA why I had to pay for the oil top off for a vehicle that is covered by the maitenance warranty, and is just over a month old, he told me that this visit doesn't fall under the scheduled maintenance plan, so I would have to pay them for topping off the oil level. Like I said, I like this service center, and they took excellent care of my X6 for years, but I found it odd that was the reason I got for having to pay for oil. Tell me what you think of this, and if that is just normal practice and I should just move on. (Not that I am holding on)... just sharing my oil top off experience.
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I have the same problem. Picked up the car brand new end of October last year at the dealership. Have now around 3500 miles and had to refill oil already 4 times. First time I had to refill it at about 1200 miles. The second time I went to the dealership, they had to fill up even 2 quarts until the oil level was at max again.
According to SA it's normal for a V8 engine to fill up oil every 800 miles and last time he even gave me two additional bottles to take home, so i won't have to go to them all the time. Even it's for free and I don't have to pay for it, it's really annoying to refill oil every 800 miles. Not sure if that's really normal or if there is any problem with the engine/oil consumption. |
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There is NO WAY one quart every 800 miles is normal. Your SA is nuts. Based on all I have read on all forums, assuming a somewhat reliable sample size, I would say 4000 to 5000 miles per quart is "normal" for the N63 and N63Tu. (And even that's a bit high IMO).
Those who consume one quart per 1500 miles or less have a problem that BMW seems reluctant to address. I haven't seen many reports of oil required between 1500 and 4000. Does anyone know how to post a poll? I suggest for miles per one quart: 0-1500 1500-4000 4000-5000 5000+ Last edited by Bönz; 04-06-2013 at 05:50 AM.. |
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My first quart was added at 5200 miles.
My second quart was added 2570 miles later. I've had my oil changed after that (mid-January) and haven't needed to add any since. I'm currently right around 9980 miles.
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That's definitely excessive. I'm at about 11,500 miles, and I've added 2 quarts, had it changed once during my scheduled service, and maybe had it topped off once more when it was in for other stuff.
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06-23-2013, 11:49 PM | #42 | |
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any suggestion what to do? seems like the SA doesn't care and tells me all the time that it's normal to add a qt every 800 miles. |
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06-24-2013, 12:24 AM | #43 |
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First quart at 1350mi for me. It's now at 2200mi and the car just said it wants me to add another quart.
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06-24-2013, 06:12 AM | #44 | |
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I have had to top off twice in 4 months and I have less than 2, 500 miles on a car that gets driven once or twice a week.... :
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