Hi All
Car - 2009 24 23i Manual, 54,000 miles with full service history.
Problem - its asking for a litre of oil every 3.5k miles. Has anyone else had a similar problem / experience.
Thanks in advance
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- Lifer
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That's well within tolerance jm afraid for a 6 pot n53 engine. Technical service bulletin says 1lt per 1000 miles is acceptable
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Current: 2.5i Titan silver
Daily driver: 480bhp M140i Shadow edition.
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As Jamie says consumption of some form can be normal but if its really bugging you try a oil change to Millers http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Millers-CFS-5 ... SwOgdYnZNuAidan wrote:Hi All
Car - 2009 24 23i Manual, 54,000 miles with full service history.
Problem - its asking for a litre of oil every 3.5k miles. Has anyone else had a similar problem / experience.
Thanks in advance
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3 E89s
5 Si coupes
5 Si roadsters
997 C4
TTRS
F82 M4
MK7 Golf Gti
current Bmw 6 Gran Turismo
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Jamie, thanks for the advice.jamie_z4 wrote:That's well within tolerance jm afraid for a 6 pot n53 engine. Technical service bulletin says 1lt per 1000 miles is acceptable
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Mr Wilks, thanks for that
As Jamie says consumption of some form can be normal but if its really bugging you try a oil change to Millers http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Millers-CFS-5 ... SwOgdYnZNu[/quote]
As Jamie says consumption of some form can be normal but if its really bugging you try a oil change to Millers http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Millers-CFS-5 ... SwOgdYnZNu[/quote]
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A friend of mine went from Castrol Edge (0w-30) to Mobil ESP (5w-30) and his straight 6 drank less oil. He reckoned the engine was quieter too. I'm not talking from experience, just what I've been told.
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Mine burns 1litre in 10k miles. Could just about get away without topping as I change at 10k anyway, but usually keep it topped up. Now at 68k miles. I use Mobil 1.
Yours does seem a bit thirsty.
Yours does seem a bit thirsty.
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I had 2009 bmw z4 23i manual. Mine was drinking 3/4 of liter oil each 1200 miles. Car was smooth never experienced any problems. Take care
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