BMW E60 M5, is that oil use normal?
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I've had my M5 for 250 miles now or 2 tanks of petrol.
On saturday a warning light came on telling me that i am low on oil.
I went to get a top up at Halfords, but turns out it's a very hot running type and they do not stock it.
Went to the dealer i bought it from, where they have told me that they don't keep it either but the branch about 30 mins away from me does, bu it closes in 30 minutes. (1 out of 10 points for customer service by the way... They could have at least offered to call that branch and tell them I am on my way to them so please hang on 5-10 extra minutes)
Anyway... at £20 per litre and 1 litre every 2 tanks of fuel, it's a little bit shocking...
I realise that I should expect supercar running costs with a supercar engine, but just wanted to find out if that's nomral.
I can geet over the extra cost, but the indignity of having to carry a can of oil in the boot is harder to swallow... The way I see it, if a car needs to carry oil with it, there is something wrong with the engine.
On saturday a warning light came on telling me that i am low on oil.
I went to get a top up at Halfords, but turns out it's a very hot running type and they do not stock it.
Went to the dealer i bought it from, where they have told me that they don't keep it either but the branch about 30 mins away from me does, bu it closes in 30 minutes. (1 out of 10 points for customer service by the way... They could have at least offered to call that branch and tell them I am on my way to them so please hang on 5-10 extra minutes)
Anyway... at £20 per litre and 1 litre every 2 tanks of fuel, it's a little bit shocking...
I realise that I should expect supercar running costs with a supercar engine, but just wanted to find out if that's nomral.
I can geet over the extra cost, but the indignity of having to carry a can of oil in the boot is harder to swallow... The way I see it, if a car needs to carry oil with it, there is something wrong with the engine.
I dont think 1 litre of oil use is too bad after 250miles of thrashing IMO(must have been hard driving to only get 250miles to two big tanks of fuel).
Some engines do use a bit of oil by design, and often more when revved and worked harder. But well done for using it for what its made for!
How many miles has it done?
Some engines do use a bit of oil by design, and often more when revved and worked harder. But well done for using it for what its made for!
How many miles has it done?
Edited by RobCrezz on Monday 16th February 09:56
isee said:
kippax said:
Is it a new car or used? Sounds like if used it may not have been run in gently?
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It's used.H
I will see how I get on in the next couple of tanks then.
I'd have a look at your drive in the morning maybe the sump plug hasnt been torqued up correctly/loose or maybe its leaking oil through the oil pump or some gasket has had it.
It its losing oil/burning oil then boy thats had an exceptionally hard life & I'd question its ability to pass an MOT on emmissions + if it is buring oil that can damage your cats... and im pretty confident 2 new E60 M5 cats might be somewhere around the £2k mark parts alone...
bigandclever said:
Of course, it could be that the dealer gave it to you with the oil level just on the cusp of the minimum and your enthusiastic driving has tipped it over the edge, in which case you've used bugger all oil
The oil was near max when i picked it up from the dealer.I can only check the level via the on board computer.
I couldn't find the dipstick under teh bonnet (embarassed).
it's done 48k miles, will see how i get on from here.
Would love to hear what the actual e60 M5 owners get though.
Silent1 said:
Audis acceptable oil use is 1 litre every 1000 miles.
Same with the MINI Cooper S.
So if you've been ragging it everywhere i wouldn't be suprised it's using oil.
Drive it sensibly and see how it uses the oil then, i suspect if it's had an easy life it'll use ~1 litre every 1000 miles.
It makes sense. I was driving it sensibly between the warning light and getting hold of some oil it did not seem to go down any further.Same with the MINI Cooper S.
So if you've been ragging it everywhere i wouldn't be suprised it's using oil.
Drive it sensibly and see how it uses the oil then, i suspect if it's had an easy life it'll use ~1 litre every 1000 miles.
isee said:
Silent1 said:
Audis acceptable oil use is 1 litre every 1000 miles.
Same with the MINI Cooper S.
So if you've been ragging it everywhere i wouldn't be suprised it's using oil.
Drive it sensibly and see how it uses the oil then, i suspect if it's had an easy life it'll use ~1 litre every 1000 miles.
It makes sense. I was driving it sensibly between the warning light and getting hold of some oil it did not seem to go down any further.Same with the MINI Cooper S.
So if you've been ragging it everywhere i wouldn't be suprised it's using oil.
Drive it sensibly and see how it uses the oil then, i suspect if it's had an easy life it'll use ~1 litre every 1000 miles.
When my A2 went past 60K Miles it stopped using all almost completely, enough to not require a top up between services.
isee said:
The oil was near max when i picked it up from the dealer.
I can only check the level via the on board computer.
I couldn't find the dipstick under teh bonnet (embarassed).
it's done 48k miles, will see how i get on from here.
Would love to hear what the actual e60 M5 owners get though.
Don't be, if it's anything like some Mercs it probably doesn't have one!I can only check the level via the on board computer.
I couldn't find the dipstick under teh bonnet (embarassed).
it's done 48k miles, will see how i get on from here.
Would love to hear what the actual e60 M5 owners get though.
That is quite heavy oil consumption for any engine if it really was topped up, and speak's a lot for the car's life leading up to your stewardship. I'd have a look to see if it's leaking anywhere but make sure you register your disquiet with the dealer in the unlikely event of it going pop
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