07-20-2013, 04:37 PM | #1 |
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1200 mile service - how much over or under can you be?
Are there any problems having the service done at 1100 miles? at 1300? what is an acceptable deviation?
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07-20-2013, 05:32 PM | #3 |
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1200 is too early. 2k is better.
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07-20-2013, 08:40 PM | #5 |
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100 more or less is no problem. When I did ED, our delivery specialist said, even 200 miles over is no problem. But NO MORE. He said we had to change it before end of our trip, which was 1787 miles. He said that the engine has to be taken care of.
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07-21-2013, 12:33 AM | #6 |
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Had mine done at 200, so apparently a very wide margin based upon driving habits.
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07-21-2013, 01:53 PM | #9 |
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stealth, can you elaborate. You are the only one saying go past 1200 miles for the service... Did you mean 2000 kilometers?
It looks like I'm going to have 1700km/1050 miles on the car when I get to my break in location.... It's not too hard to put 50 more miles, but 150 will be challenging. I've got a copy of the maintenance book, but it doesn't say much more than do a 1200 mile break in for the race engine...
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My oil analysis suggests that the break in is not complete at 1200 miles. You should definitely do another oil change around 4000 miles if you do the service at 1200 miles. I did a second at 5000 miles.
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07-21-2013, 03:53 PM | #11 |
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When you say do another oil change at 4-5,000miles...Is this not the recommendation of BMW?
Do you pay for these additional oil changes as I assume only scheduled maintenance is covered by free service warranty? |
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07-21-2013, 04:11 PM | #12 |
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A good dealer will do it for $150 out of pocket.
I had mine done again at 2k miles (free because of my complaints about the dealer doing my first at 200).
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Yeah, think I will just pay out of pocket for a second change at 3-4K once the car gets back stateside and I have put a few more miles on it. Good opportunity to switch to 0W-30 as well.
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Why go to 0w-30? Does your climate affect this choice? |
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The Castrol european version 0W-30 is a BMW Longlife-01 grade oil, and is approved for use in the M5 (from the owners manual: When selecting an engine oil, ensure that the engine oil belongs to the viscosity grade SAE 0W-30 or SAE 0W-40 or malfunctions or engine damage may occur. Alternatively, also engine oils with viscosity grades SAE 5W-30 or SAE 5W-40 may be used.) Additionally, I can use it in my wife's 3 series as well so I dont have to keep multiple types in stock in my garage.
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did mine at 800 miles..
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