01-11-2019, 06:19 PM | #1 |
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So my 2013 M5 is a drinker.....
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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
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01-12-2019, 09:38 AM | #2 |
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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. |
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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...
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Who packs bmw's oil now? Mobile or shell? I can't remember
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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.
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