One reason why I sold my E46 330 coupe....
Discussion
Mileage;76,766 Oil level at 50%
76,837 added +0.75 litre
76,881 +0.25
77,003 +0.75
77,443 +0.5
77,604 +0.25
77,762 +0.5
78,105 +0.25
78,266 +0.5
78,489 +0.5
78,750 +0.5
79,248 +0.25
79,539 +0.5
79,766 +0.25
79,818 +0.5
80,127 +0.25 litre added
This related to a period from 26 November '07 to 02 June '08 inclusive.
Using Castrol (LLO4 BMW) fully synthetic IIRC....pretty expensive stuff.
PS.... Car kept in tiled private garage - no oil leaks!
76,837 added +0.75 litre
76,881 +0.25
77,003 +0.75
77,443 +0.5
77,604 +0.25
77,762 +0.5
78,105 +0.25
78,266 +0.5
78,489 +0.5
78,750 +0.5
79,248 +0.25
79,539 +0.5
79,766 +0.25
79,818 +0.5
80,127 +0.25 litre added
This related to a period from 26 November '07 to 02 June '08 inclusive.
Using Castrol (LLO4 BMW) fully synthetic IIRC....pretty expensive stuff.
PS.... Car kept in tiled private garage - no oil leaks!
Edited by ceriw on Friday 21st November 18:16
The M54's use oil - this much is true. How much oil can vary between a litre every 1000 miles and 5000 miles depending on usage.
Yours used a ridiculous amount, an amount so great there was clearly some sort of serious problem with the engine. That was not normal at all and is far, far beyond even BMW's rather daft specifications.
Yours used a ridiculous amount, an amount so great there was clearly some sort of serious problem with the engine. That was not normal at all and is far, far beyond even BMW's rather daft specifications.
Fox- said:
The M5 doesn't have an M54 engine. It has an S62.
Yes I know that - just pointing out that BMW did take steps to reduce the oil consumption on the M5 engine as it was mentioned within this thread earlier.ISTR that they looked at the 330 similarly.
Funnily enough our 02 reg 330i never really used any ( although more than my higher mileage M52 328i does ) whereas my cousin's 330 auto used about a litre per 1500 miles - never visible though in terms of smoke
ceriw said:
Mileage;76,766 Oil level at 50%
76,837 added +0.75 litre
76,881 +0.25
77,003 +0.75
77,443 +0.5
77,604 +0.25
77,762 +0.5
78,105 +0.25
78,266 +0.5
78,489 +0.5
78,750 +0.5
79,248 +0.25
79,539 +0.5
79,766 +0.25
79,818 +0.5
80,127 +0.25 litre added
This related to a period from 26 November '07 to 02 June '08 inclusive.
Using Castrol (LLO4 BMW) fully synthetic IIRC....pretty expensive stuff.
PS.... Car kept in tiled private garage - no oil leaks!
I've 2 52 reg M54 330s both on just over 70k.76,837 added +0.75 litre
76,881 +0.25
77,003 +0.75
77,443 +0.5
77,604 +0.25
77,762 +0.5
78,105 +0.25
78,266 +0.5
78,489 +0.5
78,750 +0.5
79,248 +0.25
79,539 +0.5
79,766 +0.25
79,818 +0.5
80,127 +0.25 litre added
This related to a period from 26 November '07 to 02 June '08 inclusive.
Using Castrol (LLO4 BMW) fully synthetic IIRC....pretty expensive stuff.
PS.... Car kept in tiled private garage - no oil leaks!
One uses 0.5L in between 15k services, the other gets through 1L in 1k !
The sensor is playing up as the oil light comes on even thoough the dipstick shows its OK. Also, consumption has only gone up in the last 30k. Before that it was less than 2L between services.
Oil change today with 5W/30 LL04 oil - hopefully it will reduce.
Fox- said:
The M54's use oil - this much is true. How much oil can vary between a litre every 1000 miles and 5000 miles depending on usage.
Yours used a ridiculous amount, an amount so great there was clearly some sort of serious problem with the engine. That was not normal at all and is far, far beyond even BMW's rather daft specifications.
I've heard said the oil useage only really effects 3.0ltr versions, never had to top up our lowish mileage 2.5ltr M54Yours used a ridiculous amount, an amount so great there was clearly some sort of serious problem with the engine. That was not normal at all and is far, far beyond even BMW's rather daft specifications.
Mustard said:
Fox- said:
The M54's use oil - this much is true. How much oil can vary between a litre every 1000 miles and 5000 miles depending on usage.
Yours used a ridiculous amount, an amount so great there was clearly some sort of serious problem with the engine. That was not normal at all and is far, far beyond even BMW's rather daft specifications.
I've heard said the oil useage only really effects 3.0ltr versions, never had to top up our lowish mileage 2.5ltr M54Yours used a ridiculous amount, an amount so great there was clearly some sort of serious problem with the engine. That was not normal at all and is far, far beyond even BMW's rather daft specifications.
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