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      02-21-2013, 01:54 PM   #18
Jimefam
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Drives: 2011 550I Msport
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Cumming, Ga

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I did my break in exactly according to BMW requirements on my 2011 550i and that thing drank oil to the tune of about 1qt/2000miles. Have a local who has the same car and he pushed the hell out of his right out of the gate and it never drank a drop. I think it has more to do with build tolerances etc than break in. BTW at about 20k my car stopped requiring oil and now at almost 40k I cant recall the last time I had to add oil in between changes(which I do every 7.5k) so I think its a matter of it getting fully run in. I will run it in hard on my next car as I am around several race car builds and that is always the way it is done to seat rings properly.

Also I did change the oil right when I got the car back from ED @3k miles.
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