Should I find a new service center?

[vinsanem5]

I recently went in for an oil change and differential change, brought my own parts purchased from fcp euro. Technician states I didnt bring enough oil and differential fluid was for mercedes. I thought our cars take 8.9 quarts of oil or am I wrong?

[x35250]

Originally Posted by vinsanem5

I recently went in for an oil change and differential change, brought my own parts purchased from fcp euro. Technician states I didnt bring enough oil and differential fluid was for mercedes. I thought our cars take 8.9 quarts of oil or am I wrong?

According to the manual, it looks like an oil and filter change should be 9.5 Liters unless I am missing later bulletin. 9.0 Liters for the oil sump and 0.5 Liters for the filter (though I'm not sure how one would fit that much in the filter).

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...ngine/GIXXgkBH

If you look on most oil change kits from reputable vendors [[ https://www.blauparts.com/bmw-m5-oil...0-v8-5w-40.htm ]], you'll see they sell the filter with 9 Liters of oil. I recently did my own oil change with 9 Liters and the oil measurement was right at the max full line.

For the rear differential, did you really take a Benz branded oil? Even if the weight is right, I guess I'd understand if the dealership refused to put in anything not their own.

[vinsanem5]

Originally Posted by x35250

According to the manual, it looks like an oil and filter change should be 9.5 Liters unless I am missing later bulletin. 9.0 Liters for the oil sump and 0.5 Liters for the filter (though I'm not sure how one would fit that much in the filter).

https://www.newtis.info/tisv2/a/en/f...ngine/GIXXgkBH

If you look on most oil change kits from reputable vendors [[ https://www.blauparts.com/bmw-m5-oil...0-v8-5w-40.htm ]], you'll see they sell the filter with 9 Liters of oil. I recently did my own oil change with 9 Liters and the oil measurement was right at the max full line.

For the rear differential, did you really take a Benz branded oil? Even if the weight is right, I guess I'd understand if the dealership refused to put in anything not their own.

No, I used the castrol differential kit from FCP EURO, 75 140

[Noggie]

Just had my oil changed, and the receipt states 9,5l of motor oil.

On the diff oil, BMW "hide" the spec behind MSP/A, but a search shows it a 75w-140 oil, unless there is a misspelling in the print out (75w-40) they are correct in not using that oil.
If the Mercedes oil is in fact 75W-140, there should be no reason to reject that oil as it meets the same spec.
However, MSP/A being a BMW spec, there may be special additives in the oil that is not in the MB oil.

Looking at the parts catalogue, the MSP/A replaces the old Castrol SAF-XO diff oil BMW used.
I guess this is because BMW and Castrol split few years ago, and I believe BMW is now working with Shell as the supplier of BMW OEM oil.

[Craze]

It takes 8.4l the s63 in x5m takes 9.5l

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Craze

It takes 8.4l the s63 in x5m takes 9.5l

It takes around 1.5 hours to completely drain, are you doing that?

[Craze]

Nope

My service cost at dealership seems to be cheaper than doing it myself

Drain for 15 min

[M5Rick]

No wonder you can only get 8.4l in then.

[Craze]

All the documentation i have says 8.4l total capacity

Maybe if u drain it 3h youll get more in

[vinsanem5]

Originally Posted by Craze

All the documentation i have says 8.4l total capacity

Maybe if u drain it 3h youll get more in

all my docs say 8.9 quarts, i provided 9 litres which is well over that, just concerned that my tech isnt very well trained and may have not used my provided oil if he thought it wasnt enough. I switched to the 5w 40 liqui moly to help slow the burning of oil..