M5POST - BMW M5 Forum - View Single Post - Break-In Service Questions

jphughan · 11-02-2012, 08:00 PM

It should be:

- Engine oil
- Differential oil
- Gearbox oil ONLY if 6MT; DCT is "lifetime"

- Disable "break-in mode", which for the first time on the M5 is a special ECU mode.

For engine oil, make sure they don't use the 10W-60 oil that almost all other M cars have always used. Since it sounds like this dealership doesn't know what they're talking about, you should stress this. The X5M, X6M, 1M, and now the M5 all use I believe 0W-30. Verify that exact viscosity in your owner's manual and make absolutely certain that you don't get a tech who says, "It's an M car, so it must use 10W-60."

11-02-2012, 08:00 PM	#7
jphughan Brigadier General 594 Rep 4,488 Posts Drives: '16 Cayman GT4 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX iTrader: (0)	It should be: - Engine oil - Differential oil - Gearbox oil ONLY if 6MT; DCT is "lifetime" - Disable "break-in mode", which for the first time on the M5 is a special ECU mode. For engine oil, make sure they don't use the 10W-60 oil that almost all other M cars have always used. Since it sounds like this dealership doesn't know what they're talking about, you should stress this. The X5M, X6M, 1M, and now the M5 all use I believe 0W-30. Verify that exact viscosity in your owner's manual and make absolutely certain that you don't get a tech who says, "It's an M car, so it must use 10W-60." __________________ '16 Cayman GT4 (delivery pics, comparison to E92 M3 write-up) Gone but not forgotten: '11.75 M3 E92 Le Mans \| Black Nov w/ Alum \| 6MT (owned 5/2011 - 11/2015)
	Appreciate 0 Quote