So my 2013 M5 is a drinker.....

[AddyDaddy]

Hey all,

Bought my 2013 Stock M5 with 39,124 miles on it from Braman BMW here in West palm December 21st 20 days ago. has service records, 4 records including plug gap back in 15, 4 services, oil changes an older guy who lives on the water wasnt a hard driver as I recognized the car when I bought it and dealer confirmed he lived on the street i named. Anyway about 39,800 miles i checked oil level since my 535i would drink some every 3k miles ( redlined it daily, did top speed runs once in a while, downshifted, had turbo's replaced 2 times over the 70K miles I had it) anyway, when checking it was half way down to the min. so I had a bottle of my BMW turbopower stuff 0w30 laying around and poured it in. I am at 40450 and its looks like another 300 miles or so it will be asking for oil.

Driving habits are, comfort mode when I make an effort to keep MPG over 10 and when toodling my pregnant woman around so she doesnt hate the car. 30% of the time I do redline a couple times a day and enjoy downshifting when coming to a stop. I know BMW says 750 miles per liter is "acceptable", but theres no smoke or leaks visually or anything like that. is there a different weight or brand I should run? I have service contract for another 4 months, so oil is free. But also on that note, should I ask them to change plugs since our book says plug change every 4 oil changes or 60K miles. I have the easy "total care" which is an exclusionary coverage, so it covers pretty much everything but rotors and pads.
so to sum up
is there a better oil to run other than BMW's 0w30
do I need to drive the car harder more of the time?
do I need to stop downshifting when coming to stop lights?

Anything anyone thinks about this I would love to hear.
thanks for reading

[AWF10M5]

0w-40 or 5w-40 ive never seen or heard anyone running 0w30

these cars all burn oil its normal. my first 13 08/12 build burned a quart every 600-800 miles switching to liqu moly 5w-40 it burned about every 1500-1800 my second 13 07/13 build burns a quart every 2k-3k miles.

[AddyDaddy]

Originally Posted by AWF10M5

0w-40 or 5w-40 ive never seen or heard anyone running 0w30

these cars all burn oil its normal. my first 13 08/12 build burned a quart every 600-800 miles switching to liqu moly 5w-40 it burned about every 1500-1800 my second 13 07/13 build burns a quart every 2k-3k miles.

Where do you live? I live in south Florida so it's 80 yr round pretty much. I called my service and he said 0w30 but for my vin 0w30 is what it calls for, and I could use 0w40 if in a pinch. I am going to speak to tech supervisor at my bmw dealer tomorrow.

[technician117]

I would start with a heavier oil, as suggested 0w-40 is a "stock" fill depending on your environment. Being warm in FL all the time, I wouldn't hesitate to run 0w-40. Brand is your own decision...

[AddyDaddy]

Originally Posted by technician117

I would start with a heavier oil, as suggested 0w-40 is a "stock" fill depending on your environment. Being warm in FL all the time, I wouldn't hesitate to run 0w-40. Brand is your own decision...

That's what I was thinking,
Who packs bmw's oil now? Mobile or shell? I can't remember

[technician117]

Originally Posted by AddyDaddy

That's what I was thinking,
Who packs bmw's oil now? Mobile or shell? I can't remember

It used to be Castrol, now it's Shell. For what it's worth, I run Mobil 1 0w-40 and I live in the Northeast.

[AddyDaddy]

1600 miles on the dot almost and added another qrt. They insisted on 0w30 bmw oil. I asked for 2 quarts so I didn't have to come back for the next top off. I'm going to have to do less downshifting or engine breaking coming up to lights at high rpms.

[BMWM5NYC]

I use 5w30 here in NYC in my 2013. Have used it since day one.

[M5_Gator]

2013 in Canada.. I'm using 0W-30. My owners manual says 0W-30 or 0W-40, but the same manual on the bmw app says 0W-30 or 5W-30.

[finlandm5f10]

Redline 5w40 and few flush and consumption is gone. (If your car is healthy)
And Redline LL01

In Europe Recommend oil is 5w40