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DuCy

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Ok here is my situation. I have a BMW E90 done 19000km and already i had to put in engine oil twice, is that normal? first it was at around 11000km.

Secondly, 3 out of 4 dash vent control thing broke almost at the same time, the one that controls air flow direction (left,right,up or down), anyone had this problem?

I took back to the dealership today, just curious to know if this will be covered under maintenance plan/warranty as they didn't say when i took the car in this morning.
 
Eish doesn't sound good for things to be going wrong on such a low mileage car. Hope they sort it out for you!

Should still be under warranty for sure!
 
That is weird for a newish car to need oil topped up , usually it's just changes at services for most cars especially new. Mine has about 150000km yet I don't top up at all...
 
How many km's are on the vehicle? I assume you have done 19 000km but you didn't buy new did you?
 
DuCy said:
Ok here is my situation. I have a BMW E90 done 19000km and already i had to put in engine oil twice, is that normal? first it was at around 11000km
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this is what I posted on a thread about excessive oil consumption:

No modern engine, much less a diesel should be consuming oil in between services. If your vehicle is consuming oil, it's a symptom of something going on.

We have an A3 & a Defender and not a single drop of oil in either since Day 1 (brand new). The Defender did a 4500km road trip just after we got it and no oil consumed at all.

While modern engines also need a bit of running in, it's not as bad as the old-school engines. You should change the oil on a brand new car at around 1000km, and after it's probably run in. Remember, modern engines are designed & manufactured with much more precise tolerances that previously, so the running in period is reduced.

One thing you should NOT do, is to drive your brand new car like a granny - this will only cause damage to the engine in the long run. Once your car is up to operating temperature, don't be shy to put foot
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If your vehicle is under Motorplan, you shouldn't have to pay for anything. Don't let the dealer tell you that everything is normal - oil consumption is NOT normal!
 
ADRAM3L3CH said:
That is weird for a newish car to need oil topped up , usually it's just changes at services for most cars especially new. Mine has about 150000km yet I don't top up at all...
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Absolutely, i have a Honda Civic sitting on 145000km i've had to top up oil.
 
Certainly not normal, get ahold of the dealer principal if you can and log a complaint. I have a 6 Y/O 320i and it's not had any oil put in except after I had a bit of an accident in it ( BMW insurance covered everything )
 
Hi

I had a 1994 E36 316i which I needed to top up with oil every few thousand k's or so. Initially I wasn't happy with this, but as it turned out, that car and motor were the best I've owned ever. I eventually sold the car with 330 000 k's on the clock and it still ran beautifully. The motor was still nice and tight, with hardly any wear.

I would not worry about this if I were you. Every 10000 k's, a little bit of oil, not a problem at all. Every tank or two, then start to worry.
 
Fact of the matter is the car should only use oil for the first ~1000 - 2000km.

It is true no matter the vehicle (no matter what anyone tells you). All engines have oil control rings on the piston and those rings need to be bedded to the cylinder. For that to be possible the cylinder is given a rough(ish) texture and the ring and cylinder wear into each other creating a good seal. That process will almost absolutely be finished at around 2000km.

Some of the newer engines probably do have closer tolerances between the ring and cylinder but fact is it still needs to be bedded in unless they do that at the factory (very unlikely, but Ferrari, Porsch, etc. high performance cars are usually run in on a engine rig before being put into a car).

And what was said is true, if you drive the car incorrectly for the first ~2000km you will have a POS until the engine is redone (complete overhaul + rehoning of cylinders). Driving badly in this case actually means that you shift at very low RPM, you let the car labor (eg. your RPMs are too low and the car feels all shaky). The best way to bed in the engine is to drive it at decent RPMs, a push it when it's at proper running temperatures (by push it I mean go up to 80% of the RPM so the entire RPM is covered). Nothing however beats the absolutely worst type of run in, on the highway, constant speed, guaranteed low performance engine that uses oil. Best run in is in town with constant shifting and constantly varying RPMs all over the range.
 
Gnome said:
All engines have oil control rings on the piston and those rings need to be bedded to the cylinder. For that to be possible the cylinder is given a rough(ish) texture and the ring and cylinder wear into each other creating a good seal. That process will almost absolutely be finished at around 2000km. Some of the newer engines probably do have closer tolerances between the ring and cylinder but fact is it still needs to be bedded in unless they do that at the factory (very unlikely, but Ferrari, Porsch, etc. high performance cars are usually run in on a engine rig before being put into a car). And what was said is true, if you drive the car incorrectly for the first ~2000km you will have a POS until the engine is redone (complete overhaul + rehoning of cylinders). Driving badly in this case actually means that you shift at very low RPM, you let the car labor (eg. your RPMs are too low and the car feels all shaky). The best way to bed in the engine is to drive it at decent RPMs, a push it when it's at proper running temperatures (by push it I mean go up to 80% of the RPM so the entire RPM is covered). Nothing however beats the absolutely worst type of run in, on the highway, constant speed, guaranteed low performance engine that uses oil. Best run in is in town with constant shifting and constantly varying RPMs all over the range.
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Great post, bulls-eye!
 
Gnome said:
Fact of the matter is the car should only use oil for the first ~1000 - 2000km.

It is true no matter the vehicle (no matter what anyone tells you). All engines have oil control rings on the piston and those rings need to be bedded to the cylinder. For that to be possible the cylinder is given a rough(ish) texture and the ring and cylinder wear into each other creating a good seal. That process will almost absolutely be finished at around 2000km.

Some of the newer engines probably do have closer tolerances between the ring and cylinder but fact is it still needs to be bedded in unless they do that at the factory (very unlikely, but Ferrari, Porsch, etc. high performance cars are usually run in on a engine rig before being put into a car).

And what was said is true, if you drive the car incorrectly for the first ~2000km you will have a POS until the engine is redone (complete overhaul + rehoning of cylinders). Driving badly in this case actually means that you shift at very low RPM, you let the car labor (eg. your RPMs are too low and the car feels all shaky). The best way to bed in the engine is to drive it at decent RPMs, a push it when it's at proper running temperatures (by push it I mean go up to 80% of the RPM so the entire RPM is covered). Nothing however beats the absolutely worst type of run in, on the highway, constant speed, guaranteed low performance engine that uses oil. Best run in is in town with constant shifting and constantly varying RPMs all over the range.
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Great post ...
 
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