I decided to document some maintenance on my M5. I have learned a lot about the M5 from reading the forum and perhaps, this will help give back to the community (so to speak). For starters, let’s take a look at the car.
2009, E60 M5
One more:
It is stock with the exception of a few things I will cover later.
Thought I would take care of the engine and differential oil change first. In the DIY section, both the engine and diff changes are already covered. However, the pics are missing for the oil change DIY.
I have access to the auto craft shop at the local military base, which helps tremendously with work like this. Rolling the car onto a lift is a blast….lot easier than looking for jack points and messing with floor jacks and stands. I purchased the oil change kit from the local dealer and it comes with the standard parts needed for the oil change (filter, two rubber O-rings and two metal crush washers). And, yes…there is a second oil drain plug on my car, which uses that mystical 2nd metal washer. The oil change kit parts are seen below. I obviously used the BMW recommended Castrol 10W 60 as well.
The pic below is shows the underside of the M5 (top of the pic is the front of the car/ bottom is towards the rear). I circled the oil change drain plug. This pic also shows the car with all the underbody protection panels installed.
Another pic, same plug…just different perspective (notice the rectangular block in the pic below for future ref):
Ok, notice the same rectangular block in the pic below….the second drain plug is right in front of it (behind the protection panel): E60 M5s from 3/07 will have the 2nd drain plug.
Pic below shows the oil filter housing lurking behind the last protection panel that has to be removed for accessing the filter. This area is directly in front of the passenger side front tire.
And, finally, the accessible filter housing:
Now, that everyone is oriented to the underside of the M5. I used the following order to change the oil:
1. Open the oil drain plug on the oil filter housing (seen above). Then I replaced the sealing ring on that plug and put it back in the filter housing.
2. Released the oil filter housing by turning the black hex nut formed in the filter housing. Replaced the sealing ring on the filter housing and filter and placed unit back on the M5. Pic below shows the filter housing and filter removed from the M5.
Next:
Then I released the oil plug shown in front of the rectangular block shown in one of the pics above, drained the oil and replaced the metal sealing ring and retightened.
Then I released the main plug….black gold….!
I replaced the metal washer after watching the last drop come out and then torqued the plug back down.
More to follow on the diff oil change.
2009, E60 M5
One more:
It is stock with the exception of a few things I will cover later.
Thought I would take care of the engine and differential oil change first. In the DIY section, both the engine and diff changes are already covered. However, the pics are missing for the oil change DIY.
I have access to the auto craft shop at the local military base, which helps tremendously with work like this. Rolling the car onto a lift is a blast….lot easier than looking for jack points and messing with floor jacks and stands. I purchased the oil change kit from the local dealer and it comes with the standard parts needed for the oil change (filter, two rubber O-rings and two metal crush washers). And, yes…there is a second oil drain plug on my car, which uses that mystical 2nd metal washer. The oil change kit parts are seen below. I obviously used the BMW recommended Castrol 10W 60 as well.
The pic below is shows the underside of the M5 (top of the pic is the front of the car/ bottom is towards the rear). I circled the oil change drain plug. This pic also shows the car with all the underbody protection panels installed.
Another pic, same plug…just different perspective (notice the rectangular block in the pic below for future ref):
Ok, notice the same rectangular block in the pic below….the second drain plug is right in front of it (behind the protection panel): E60 M5s from 3/07 will have the 2nd drain plug.
Pic below shows the oil filter housing lurking behind the last protection panel that has to be removed for accessing the filter. This area is directly in front of the passenger side front tire.
And, finally, the accessible filter housing:
Now, that everyone is oriented to the underside of the M5. I used the following order to change the oil:
1. Open the oil drain plug on the oil filter housing (seen above). Then I replaced the sealing ring on that plug and put it back in the filter housing.
2. Released the oil filter housing by turning the black hex nut formed in the filter housing. Replaced the sealing ring on the filter housing and filter and placed unit back on the M5. Pic below shows the filter housing and filter removed from the M5.
Next:
Then I released the oil plug shown in front of the rectangular block shown in one of the pics above, drained the oil and replaced the metal sealing ring and retightened.
Then I released the main plug….black gold….!
I replaced the metal washer after watching the last drop come out and then torqued the plug back down.
More to follow on the diff oil change.
