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09-19-2008, 03:59 PM | #1 |
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Oil gauge went down one quart???
Is this normal? my car has 4800 miles. and today I realized that my gause showed one noth missing which im guessing is a quart. Should I just add a quart or what. Also, does this happen on a normal basis?
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it happens. i've got 7300 miles and just added a second quart the other day. take it to your local bmw dealership and get them to top it off free of charge. our cars use a specialized oil that isn't available at your local auto parts store. its castrol TWS 10W60 full synthetic.
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Yes,thats normal. Today I went to pic up mine and the salesman said that M-cars use lots of oil in the beginning, no problem!
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mine is down the same- I might add a little but don`t want to overfill. You can buy quarts of BMW oil at your dealership so you have it handy when you need it. |
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free is good but the oil is $5/qt so he needs $1.25 worth of oil. Is that worth calling the dealer to make an appt, driving there, and waiting an hour? You`re time is worth more than that, isn`t it?
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09-19-2008, 04:36 PM | #12 |
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LMAO ALREADY????? It's going good man. Weather been brilliant so no delays or getting rocked around but at the same time no IMC
EXACTLY what I was thinking. If you had it, all you have to do is pop the hood and put it in. Imagine the trouble you have to go through just to get some oil from the dealership. The gas to the dealership and back will probably cost more. |
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at my dealership, all i do is pull into the service drive, say i'm a quart low on oil, porter runs inside and grabs a quart, fills it, and i'm on my way in 5 minutes. or i can extend my stay for another few minutes and get a free car wash my closest bmw dealership is about 3 miles from me so i suppose i can say it is worth it
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we've had some nice severe clear around here lately as well. this last wednesday was the first day in a while that i gazed up to the sky and wished i was cruisin around! unlimited vis, not a cloud in the sky, and about 79F. i miss it!
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Man every time I talk to you about this I feel bad for you. What a kick in the nuts.
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Don't do it man, I made the mistake of getting my first car wash at the dealership ----> swirls galore. Still have 'em by the way... I have to get my car professionally detailed now to get rid of them because I don't know shit about polishing with a porter cable... learn from my mistake.
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09-19-2008, 04:58 PM | #22 |
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Wow this site is great, so many responses on such a short time. Thank u very much guys. Yep I just realized its not a quart, and it does say oil level is ok. Its just missing one little notch. I will go buy 2 bottles of that oil tom and whenever that happens do it myself. How much should I put in? BTW, I went into the service info from my idrive and went to oil level. It says ok and it shows 4 little bars. So my guess is one of those bars represent a quart right? All 4 were still there tho lol.
Oh and BTW, yeah, never let a dealership wash ur car. EVER. Made that mistake once with my G35. It wasnt even my fault cayse I made sure to tell them, NO WASH. But they did it anyway and guess what? Swirls all over the place. But I made sure they paid for my $450 detail at a very good detailing place. They didnt even argue because I had the proof of the sign they put on the windshield. |
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