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01-18-2015, 09:57 AM | #1 |
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My plan for maintenance with rod bearing considerations
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. Last edited by Kgorman; 01-23-2015 at 07:50 AM.. |
01-18-2015, 09:35 PM | #2 |
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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.
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01-18-2015, 09:52 PM | #3 |
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My dealer changes mine at 1 year mark every year. No need to wait until specified miles.
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01-19-2015, 04:59 PM | #5 |
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