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Car Forum / BMW Cars / April 2004525I using oil
Hi, my 1992 525I sport with 120,000 miles on the clock is using oil. I filled the engine to the top mark on the dipstick 6 months ago with fully synthetic oil, yesterday the engine oil low warning come on. I checked the dipstick and it was just below the bottom mark. I have now put in about 1L of oil and am now half way between the marks. I tow a caravan most weekends. The car has a full BMW dealer history. Should I worry about using this amount of oil over 6 months? Thanks Andrew Savage N.Ireland How many miles have you driven in this length of time? As for worrying about the oil consumption, you need to determine whether it is leaking or burning the oil. Leaking is usually the result of a bad gasket somewhere. While gaskets are not expensive, replacing one might not be either easy or cheap. If it is buring oil, an engine rebuild is likely the only solution. Engine rebuilds are definitely not cheap. Jim > Hi, my 1992 525I sport with 120,000 miles on the clock is using oil. I > filled the engine to the top mark on the dipstick 6 months ago with fully [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Andrew Savage > N.Ireland the car has covered roughly 5000 miles > How many miles have you driven in this length of time? > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Andrew Savage > > N.Ireland It could be merely expected usage for a car with that many miles. Jim > the car has covered roughly 5000 miles > It could be merely expected usage for a car with that many miles. > Jim > > the car has covered roughly 5000 miles I don't know about that, my M20 doesn't burn any oil at all at 320,000km but has started to lose it through a gasket leak, so I'm adding 1L between changes. Prior to the leak starting about 10k ago, I never had to add at all and my plugs and exhaust don't show any signs of oil in the combustion chamber. -Russ. |
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