Add Oil Help

[MysticBlue]

Originally Posted by turboawd

because if i need oil, i can buy a quart almost anywhere. no need to be bmw oil, and no need to haul a quart around all the time.

I don't understand. How is "hauling a quart of oil around" any effort at all. It's no more effort than a first aid kit, a few simple tools, etc. Again, it's just common sense.

[MysticBlue]

Originally Posted by lowlevelhell

Who sells oil by the liter?

Uh, BMW. Castrol. I've got a case of 5W-30 and a case of 10W-60 sitting in my garage right now. All liter bottles.

[turboawd]

Originally Posted by MysticBlue

I don't understand. How is "hauling a quart of oil around" any effort at all. It's no more effort than a first aid kit, a few simple tools, etc. Again, it's just common sense.

you take the chance of the bottle leaking. plus this is my fourth bmw and i've never needed to add oil. but then again i dont follow bmw's extended oil change intervals.

[wjbender]

Originally Posted by lowlevelhell

Who sells oil by the liter?

Your local BMW dealer

[lowlevelhell]

Originally Posted by MysticBlue

Uh, BMW. Castrol. I've got a case of 5W-30 and a case of 10W-60 sitting in my garage right now. All liter bottles.

Hence the winking face.

[MysticBlue]

Originally Posted by lowlevelhell

Hence the winking face.

Missed that.

[wjbender]

I am really surprised the OP needs to add oil between the normal factory service. I just changed mine at 5500 mi and it was right up to the full mark on the dipstick before I drained it.

[turboawd]

Originally Posted by wjbender

I am really surprised the OP needs to add oil between the normal factory service. I just changed mine at 5500 mi and it was right up to the full mark on the dipstick before I drained it.

bmw v8 tend to burn oil, and can get low if you dont change the oil frequently.

[puckybadger]

put a quart/liter of BMW brand oil in the hidden compartment where you got your free cargo net and you are now prepared for just in case.

[lowlevelhell]

Originally Posted by puckybadger

put a quart/liter of BMW brand oil in the hidden compartment where you got your free cargo net and you are now prepared for just in case.

Free cargo net?

[Nkbm82]

Originally Posted by lowlevelhell

Free cargo net?

http://f15.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1107426

[puckybadger]

Originally Posted by lowlevelhell

Free cargo net?

Yep. See the free cargo net thread. It's right there for you.

[wjbender]

Originally Posted by lowlevelhell

Free cargo net?

Yup - Look in the storage compartment (USA drivers side) in the cargo area. In the USA we all go a cargo net

[MysticBlue]

Originally Posted by turboawd

you take the chance of the bottle leaking. plus this is my fourth bmw and i've never needed to add oil. but then again i dont follow bmw's extended oil change intervals.

Going on 40 years of driving and I've never had one leak. I don't follow BMW's intervals either. I do my own change halfway in between the free ones. Or after a track day.

[lowlevelhell]

Originally Posted by MysticBlue

Going on 40 years of driving and I've never had one leak. I don't follow BMW's intervals either. I do my own change halfway in between the free ones. Or after a track day.

With that oil burner you're driving you'd better