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08-16-2016, 08:26 PM | #23 | |
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I know I drive my 535i hard at times but when I hit a bump or pothole you really feel them. I felt the M5 had a softer suspension now that I think about it. I just could not imagine myself driving an M5 daily in LA traffic/city. |
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By the way, I don't think the service advisors and my salesman were lying to me - it does seem to be a common problem (even reported by Consumer Reports if I remember correctly) The salesman definitely wasn't giving me the BMW standard line. He actually led me to a secluded area where he wouldn't be overheard, and told me that the BMW V8 engines are just bad. He gave me a few examples from his customers, and said his brother has a similar oil burning problem on his X5. My reaction was "now you're telling me..." |
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08-17-2016, 11:05 AM | #27 |
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Unfortunately, that is not true.. Yes, a turbo motor would consume oil, but not at the rate yours is. If you are putting oil in every 1k miles than you either have "bad valve seals" and you need to check the exhaust valves for oil, or your motor is either bleeding from a gasket, or you have bad oil control rings. Either way, you shouldn't be putting oil in like that... you should get some large white or brown construction paper, drive your car around till its nice and hot, get on the gas even... then put that paper down under the car, like putting news paper down for a dog, wait over night then check back the car out from over top of the paper.. check for leakage or drips. Otherwise get a good flashlight and start looking in that engine bay...
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I agree with the dealerships on this. The cure is worse than the disease in this case... What are they going to do? Replace the engine? There's no guarantee that the new one won't be burning oil - many of them do. Also, damage and screw ups during the replacement or repair can cause much worse headaches. It's like the salesman told me - just keep topping it off until the lease is done.
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My lesson is always to check the forums before buying a car, and if you see a lot of complaints about a certain model (such as the 550i), stay away from it. |
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Agree. My previous E39 540 burned some oil in the first 10,000 miles. My current 550 used a quart every 2,500 miles for the first 7,500 miles or so during break in.
But I'm at about 44,000 now, and it did not continue after that break in period. I know what BMW says. But a quart of oil every 1,000 miles is ludicrous. Bill
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Thank you! I did not remember the details...that sounds more like what I remember hearing.
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Just for the heck of it, I switched to using sport mode for a couple of months after reading this, and was also doing a lot of manual downshifting. My oil consumption only got worse. I was getting 1,400 miles per 1qt before, and only 1,000 miles per 1qt when driving the engine more aggressively. |
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08-19-2016, 10:06 AM | #38 | |
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I have actually had zero oil consumption issues since the CCP. If you still are, then I'd personally take it back and let them know it's not fixed. In the 2 years, 7 months of owning this car I've only had to 'top up' between service intervals twice. Not too bad.
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