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10-09-2010, 07:26 PM | #1 |
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1200 Mile Oil Change?
Today, I asked my SA about changing the oil at 1200 miles, to clear out any possible metal shavings, etc. He told me it was completely unnecessary, and that in all his years there, he'd never done a 1200 mile change for anyone. He said that if I did it, it would make him cry. Seems like a nice guy - and how can you argue with someone who genuinely wants to see you save $110?
I know there's been a lot of discussion on the proper interval for oil changes, but I can't get a real sense of whether people do an early "break-in" oil change or not. What about other fluids? Do I need to change my turn signal fluids this soon?
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10-09-2010, 07:28 PM | #2 |
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I was told every 15,000 miles or one year on my 08 135i. My Dad paid $180 on his 2000 328i. What is the price of an oil change? If it's $110.00 thru a dealer I would consider that a good price lol.
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10-09-2010, 07:49 PM | #3 |
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I'm about to do mine. Ill have 800 miles on the car by the end of the night.
Pinmagic, are you taking your car to BMW of Alexandria ?
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10-09-2010, 09:06 PM | #4 |
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Do you mean BMW of Arlington? Heck, no! Not a good rep, and I had a lousy experience there when shopping for the car. I'm taking it back to Passport, where I bought it. Great sales experience, and a good reputation all around.
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10-10-2010, 01:50 AM | #5 |
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I most certainly did haha. I always associate that dealer with Alexandria for whatever reason. Ill be taking mine to BMW of Fairfax.
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10-10-2010, 03:07 AM | #6 |
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I did a break-in oil change. Someone here did a writeup of his breakin oil change. He cut apart the oil filter showing some metal and silicone bits. He also changed his 6MT tranny and diff oil. Both also had metal bits.
I would change your oil more frequently than what BMW says to. But that is just me. You can decide for yourself. The way I look at it.... an oil change is cheap vs buying a new car. Last edited by Dackelone; 10-20-2010 at 05:24 PM.. |
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10-10-2010, 07:26 AM | #7 |
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Some might argue that if it is in the filter, your oil is clean and the filter is working as designed. So no need to change I changed mine at 5k and 5k intervals.
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10-10-2010, 08:58 AM | #9 |
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I changed mine at 1,200 miles and sent the oil to Blackstone Labs for analysis. The oil had the usual contaminates that you would expect to see with a new engine. The 5,000 mile change at 1 year showed less contamination, but the engine is still considered new. It will be interesting to see how much the contamination decreases over the life of the engine.
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10-10-2010, 09:38 AM | #10 |
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I did the first change at 6 months... I change every 6 months or 5,000 ,iles, which ever comes first. I just can't go 1 year. No need to change at 1200 miles unless it makes you feel better.
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10-10-2010, 11:26 AM | #11 |
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I just stick to the factory schedule. If my car suffers a mechanical breakdown because the intervals were stretched beyond what is reasonable BMW is getting a breach of warranty suit. The law has a cost shifting provision that will require BMW to pay for your legal representation anyhow.
That being said, hopefully the intervals are reasonable. At 30,000 mi. my engine still seems fine.
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10-19-2010, 04:33 AM | #13 |
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Most people use the BMW oil sold thru the dealers. BMW recommends to use only Castrol oil. Which ever oil you use it MUST say "BMW Long Life 1" on the bottle. BMW says to also use a 0w40 oil. Do a search... you will find tons of threads on this subject.
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Mobil-1 0W40 is the best grade Mobil makes...I use it in all of my cars, past and present.
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Like many others, I do one interim change at roughly 8,000 miles between CBS mandated changes. I gues this works as 4 different BMWs treated this way have never had to have oil added between changes. BTW, BMW has reinstituted the annual oil change for low mileage drivers over 6k miles. Tom |
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10-20-2010, 05:29 PM | #16 |
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+1 on what Tom said.
I would add that I use German Castrol (since the OE oil at my dealer is $30 per liter!) so I pay about $15 per liter for GC 0w40 LL4. LL4 bc I am over here in Europe and I feel thats better for the low sulpher gas sold over here. IF I were back in the states I would buy my oil from the dealer. Btw... I really think the German Castrol makes the engine much quieter on cold start. With the Mobil-1 (0w40 LL1), the engine would be ticking away when cold. Now I don't get that at all. I think its like Castrol says on their bottles: Liquid Engineering! |
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