e90 330i service schedule

[Maxx-Waxx]

Unfortunately the PH search function is not working currently, so i'll ask my question here.
My wife bought a second hand 06 330i from Sytners about 18 months ago. They told her it was fully serviced as all their 2nd hand cars are. It was a good car nice spec so she bought it

She has had all the services done when ever the indicator has advised in the car.
She has now decided to sell and i was about to place the ad, when i looked through her service book and noticed that the only stamps include:-

The pre delivery check stamps in feb 06
Then my wifes 1st service which was august 09 at 20000 miles
Then a 2nd service may 2010 at 27000 miles

so nothing between feb 06 and aug 09. We bought it Dec 08 and had it serviced when the light indicated in aug 09.

Does this look correct or should have anything been done between feb 06 and when we bought in dec 08 as the dealer told her it was fully serviced and only bring back when the light indicated.

Cheers
N

[dibbly dobbler]

Might be ok - how many miles on it when you bought it ?

[theboss]

My 330i is on 17k and says it wants an oil service in approx 3k so I guess the 20k interval is 'normal'. The manual and the dealers both state that the car 'knows' when it needs service so I can only conclude that if a time-based interval were necessary in the absense of mileage the car would surely tell you after how ever many months were necessary. 2.5 years does seem like a long time to go though.

[dibbly dobbler]

That was my thought - mine seems to be limited more by time than by mileage but it may be the OPs 330 didn't do much before he had it ?

[briers]

When buying my 335d I was amazed its first service was at 17k. Nothing since and the idrive tells me its due in 6k for its second service. That will be 36k in total. Sounds a long time but apparently its normal.

Oil is still max. So is coolant so everything seems ok.

[parapaul]

Wouldn't the easiest option be to phone Sytner and check their service records? I suppose it's possible that it's been serviced and some clot forgot to fill in the service book?

[christer]

Yes - call Sytners and check

parapaul said:

Wouldn't the easiest option be to phone Sytner and check their service records? I suppose it's possible that it's been serviced and some clot forgot to fill in the service book?

[jon_b]

You need to check with dealer, but I think the car should have had more servicing than that. The microfilter/pollen filters I believe have a two year life and I understand that's also the service interval on the brake fluid - it is on my E90 320d. Doesn't the oil interval have a time-based cut-off as well as the variable mileage element?