11-02-2012, 06:21 PM | #1 |
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Break-In Service Questions
What is exactly included in the break-in service? I called my service advisor and asked for an appt for the break-in service. He had NO idea what I was talking about. It took about 5minutes of nearly begging him to just give me an appt. Finally he said just drop it off next Friday and they'd get in taken care of. Unfortunately this is the only BMW dealer within 5hrs. Sales is great - love the guys - but service is pretty ridiculous.
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The 1,200 mile service on the F10 M5 is:
Change engine oil and filter Change differential oil Change transmission oil (6 spd manual only - no service to DCT) The attached .pdf is straight from the BMW TIS. If anything else was/wasn't done then they didn't do it right. Mike Last edited by mdernst; 11-03-2012 at 06:20 AM.. |
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I did ED and made 2000+ miles but did not have any break-in service thinking of having it done when the car gets to the U.S. I am having the car redelivered to the Performance Center in South Carolina. Should I schedule a break-in service for the car or is this automatically done when it gets to the PC since the car would clearly indicate that no break-in service has been performed yet?
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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."
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Before the Welt that's where ED cars were delivered. |
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