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My car is burning no oil?
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I recently got my 2012 Monte Carlo Blue M5 3 months ago and I've noticed that it isn't burning ANY oil. I feel like I'm being paranoid because I assumed some oil burn but in the nearly 3k kms I've driven it the oil level reading hasn't moved from max. Is there something I should be looking for ahahahaha |
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My F10 and E70 Ms don't burn oil.
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Other variables such as oil viscosity/manufacturer also can play a role in whether or not an engine burns oil. My F10 M5 with 10k miles doesn't appear to burn any oil, either.
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These engines are less likely to use oil than other M engines, but it is known that many of them CAN use oil. As mentioned, driving style, environmental conditions and specific oil brand/weight will have a small influence on this metric. My specific M5 uses more when giving it a thrashing, but overall on average it consumes 1 quart/liter between 5k oil change intervals. |
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I change my oil once a year as she gets put away for storage, I never have to add oil and the level doesn't move all year. I have BPM Stage 1 tune. I don't put the mileage most do on here since it's a weekend car for me, I have 9k miles.
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I dumped a relatively fresh sump of BMW LL-01 FE 0w-30 and went to a BMW LL-01 5w40 in Ravenol VST. I wanted a 5w-40 for protection of the bearings. It's an excellent PAO based oil. Now that US gasoline has the same low levels of sulfur as Europe does, you can actually consider a BMW LL-04 but the Ravenol 5w-40 RUP was not presently available at Blauparts when I recently made my purchase for my annual oil change (<2k miles annual.) Motul has excellent oil as well, 8100 X-cess or X-clean 5w-40 have good specs, as well. Some such as Troy Jeup swears by Red Line 5w-50 which as a really high HTHS of 5.0.
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