Burning Oil, and Oil service reading

[jeremyc74]

Originally Posted by alpnwhite96

it means take your car in for oil service @ 16,000 miles, not 16,000 miles left

No, it's telling you how many miles until you need to go in. When it's time for a service it will read 0.

[jbenington86]

Originally Posted by jeremyc74

No, it's telling you how many miles until you need to go in. When it's time for a service it will read 0.

+1

the manual says that is the mileage left until the next service

[Mad Dragon]

Originally Posted by jkp1187

Why don't you just change the oil and filter yourself - right now?

Because he can get it for free in 2 months.

[Misterted]

My 135i burned 1 Quart during the first 6K miles.

[jkp1187]

Originally Posted by Mad Dragon

Because he can get it for free in 2 months.

If he's worried about the amount of oil in his engine, 2 months is an eternity.

And more frequent oil changes aren't going to hurt.

[jbenington86]

Originally Posted by jkp1187

If he's worried about the amount of oil in his engine, 2 months is an eternity.

And more frequent oil changes aren't going to hurt.

its not my problem ill let bmw figure it out tomorrow... i do know i have to have my computer reprogrammed anyway or at least thats what I was told.. im not 2 concerned about the oil level someone just threw it out there that if my oil life monitor was screwy so could my oil level monitor... the computer says its at 100% and I have no dipstick... lets just hope that bmw was right when they trusted there computer more than the owner