I have 4500 miles on my car and the yellow oil light is coming on after I turn of the car. I know this means that I need some oil, but after 4500 miles :dunno:. Does this sound weird to anyone else here. Please note that I did follow the break-in procedures to the letter, but since then I have driven it pretty hard.
I need oil already?!?
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normal.
the only weird thing is that you went 4500 miles without ever checking your oil level.
the only weird thing is that you went 4500 miles without ever checking your oil level.
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Yeah, you might find a pretty spiffy motor under there!TranceLvr said:Point well taken, I guess the whole no service needed until 15k has me being a little lax. To be honest I don't think I have opened the hood since I got the car.Perhaps I should pop it open and have a look.
The oil loss is pretty common (maybe more so for 330's than 325's?), so you should keep an eye on it yourself. Especially in the early part of having the car. It should get less with time.
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Yup, same here. I've already added oil on two occasions. I'm about to come up on 7k miles over the weekend...normal.
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I posted about the same exact thing on Monday. 4500 miles as well. BMW service and members here think it is nothing out of the ordinary. Picked up a few quarts from the BMW dealer for 4 bucks a quart w/o cca discount. Seemed reasonable enough to me. Previous thread:
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10581
http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10581
For what it is worth, I've put in about a quart and a half in 9k miles. The dealer said that the 02's seem to be consuming oil at a higher rate than usual and they are watching it. They also said that they've seen a number of cars arrive low on oil, and it may not have been topped of before I got it.
-Charles
-Charles
No, don't drive the hell out of it when you are low on oil! :banghead:
Do it after you have topped up your oil to the max mark.
If you have followed break in procedures correctly as you state, there probably is not going to be any further oil consumption, but check regularly.
I needed about 0.75 qts up to 1500 miles, not a drop since then.
Do it after you have topped up your oil to the max mark.
If you have followed break in procedures correctly as you state, there probably is not going to be any further oil consumption, but check regularly.
I needed about 0.75 qts up to 1500 miles, not a drop since then.
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I was concerned as well, thats why I posted. Only reason I was concerned to begin with was because in the 3 years I had my '99 328i, I never had to add oil. I'm hoping the others are right and this is a one time deal. That after this she'll take it easy on the oil consumption. We got our cars at the same time and we both have the same amount of mileage :thumbup:
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Make sure you put in 5W-30. I put in a couple of quarts of 10W-30 to top it up around 2 and 4K miles and it noticably slowed the car down. Had to add a quart today, actually. 18.9K.
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I thought for sure this was sarcasm towards us newbies. :lmao:dredmo said:
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