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Hey Guys, Yes….another thread about this, sorry! Just have a quick question and need your advice. I have a 2003 M5 with 25,000 miles. I’ve owned the car since 2004 and it used to be my daily driver. I did a handful of track days in it, when it was younger but the last 5k miles have been...

Hey everyone I have a 2000 z3 roadster and I turned on the car to see the service meter is empty except for one yellow space, no green no red. My grandpa just had it serviced so is it bad news or just a glitch?

I'm currently running the OEM Castrol Edge 'Supercar' (which you Americans call TWS) 10W60 in my S85 and I've not had any issues with it, my oil consumption is pretty minimal too. While I have no reason to change, one of our local Australian lubricant manufacturers named Penrite makes their own...

I know this topic has been discussed here in the past however not for quite a while. As you may be aware, Liqui Moly has a range of different oil additives that are aimed towards reducing friction inside the engine and thereby increasing its lifespan. There are three seperate products they offer...

I made these based off the original 10W-60 oil stickers that came on our cars back in 99-01 before BMW's marketing team switched all the stickers to the ugly green 5W-30 one. The oranges ones are NLA from BMW now and these include some info on our engine. I made a few designs to pick from...

After removing the front subframe for my rod bearing job, I noticed pretty distinct signs of oil weeping from the studs of the exhaust port of cylinder # 1 on the passenger side of the vehicle. A lot of the oil in the surrounding area is from a previous leak through the oil cooler that didn't...

Hi guys, I've purchased a 2012 BMW M5 last weekend and had to drive it back from south England to my house in central Scotland. The 350 mile journey was mix of A-roads and mostly motorway. I drove at 70mph on the motorway and 60mph on the A-roads. Roads were wet and outside temp was 10c...

So, this is becoming increasingly worrying, especially as just now it lost about half a quart or so in ~55 miles. My usual consumption has been low enough that I haven't had to think of it much, I'd say around 1/1000 or 1/1500, which is perfectly fine and certainly what I would expect of this...

As the title suggests I'm curious if anyone has had their oil pan cleaned ultrasonically at all? I'm looking to replace my current pre-LCI oil pan with a dual drain plug LCI oil pan I recently acquired so I'm wanting to have it cleaned before I swap all the hardware across from my old oil pan...

Newbie, New owner here. Hello fellow bimmers. I was hoping to see if what i see on the car is normal or not. I drove around 10 miles this evening, stuck in traffic for an hour, arrived home and checked the engine oil level. My earlier inspection of the level indicated that the level stayed the...

Hi all, hoping someone can help. I have an unusual issue with my oil temperaures which are showing about 55 degrees when fully warmed up, at idle. I'm monitoring them using the secret menu and the water (KTEMP) is showing 88 degrees - I'd expect the oil to be a few degrees less. I've just...

Hello Everyone! My first post to this great resource. Thanks in advance for any recommendations/advice. So what I have: 1994 E34 M5 Euro 3.8L Issue: Very tiny oil leak that will drip a few drops every evening. I would like to get ahead of this issue. Last night I cleaned the undercarriage and...

I had been using the Castrol TWS 10W-60 Motorsport (and its successors Castrol EDGE 10W-60 Professional and Castrol EDGE 10W-60 FST) for more than 10 years without any (noticeable) problems. For my last oil change the Castrol was not available and as I had read in different threads that it is...

I noticed the oil temp needle went up to the 210 mark when I came off the freeway. The car has only reached 210 on the rare canyon runs. I stopped and turned on the oil temperature test on the OBC. If I drive it around 4-5k rpm on the freeway the temperature stays at 96-97C. When I stop and rev...

I have been smelling a bit of a burning plastic smell after I go for short drives in the M5. It might be unrelated, but I decided to check my oil level today and found this. This is after I cleaned it off and put it back in. I also don't remember my dipstick ever looking crooked like...

This has now happened to me on multiple occasions. Not sure exactly when this happens, but I've watched the oil temperature gauge on the dash rise up to 300 and stay there for an unknown amount of time. I'll look back down and it will be back to just under 210. I get no messages, nothing. The...

I just replaced my valve cover gaskets 2 months ago. The car seemed to improve and no SES light for 400 miles. Then, everything went back to the way it was, except that my rough idle when cold was about 90% better. I removed the plenum to try and locate a vacuum leak yesterday and did not find...

Hello Everyone – New here, but need some advice. I bought a 2009 M5 the 1<SUP>st</SUP> week of March. Certified pre-owned with about 35k miles on it. The car looked like it had just come from the factory and was running perfect. After having it 3 weeks (and only a few hundred miles since...

If anyone has an oil pan available for the S62, I'd like to buy it from you. If you have one that leaks and needs to be Timeserted, I'll still buy it but for a slightly lower price. I will pay shipping as well. Thanks! -C

Hey guys. I have the following issue. I drive a BMW E60 M5 2007 with around 65 000 km (around 40 000 miles). For the past few days it has been major cold -10 degrees (14 F). I live in Vienna, Austria. In the morning I started my car, and when engaged R and then D, I get the red cog of death...