My plan for maintenance with rod bearing considerations

[Kgorman]

Lurker here. Read a ton of pages now on the rod bearing issue. I thought I would post my plan for maintenance. My thinking is others still under warranty would be interested perhaps.

- car had ~23miles at delivery
- took it easy on break in
- dealer serviced after break in at 1,200 miles
- 11,000 miles on ODO now, waiting for computer to tell me to service it.

I plan the following process out to end of warranty, so if I do have a failure BMW can't deny me.

- dealer oil service every 15k as reminded by computer
- self service every 7.5k castrol edge tws 10w-60, filter (starting now)
- or dealer service every year (depends on mileage over the year)
- black stone analysis every time I self service
- always let car come up to temp before driving away and up to around 180 before a thing above 5k RPM
- leave stop/start feature off
- before warranty ends, pay for Indy to inspect the bearings. Replace as needed.

For context, I love this car and want to keep it a long time. I paid cash for it and got it optioned perfectly for my tastes. So I want to be meticulous about her care.

Thanks to all who have done all the work to explore, catalog, and document these cars so well.

[White 13]

Some or most dealers will change the oil at the one year mark; mine does. If you are a low mileage driver, say 10,000 miles a year, you could figure on six months changes instead of 7500 miles.

[AlpineE92M3]

My dealer changes mine at 1 year mark every year. No need to wait until specified miles.

[Kgorman]

Ok, great tip! Will buzz my SA and get a change done now.

[Petros]

Originally Posted by Kgorman

- always let car come up to temp before driving away and up to around 180 before a thing above 5k RPM
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no need for idling. start the car and drive away. just keep the revs under 3000 rpm until the oil is warm.