Oil change

am5 said:

Who does their own oil change? how often and what oil do you use?

TIA,

Armando

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Yes I do; 5-6k miles; refuse to answer (if I did I'd need to kill you)

Just kidding- do a search on 'what oil to use'... it is easily the most popular topic here. Every few months there is a thread that collects 60-80 responses. A lot of great info in the search. And a lot of contention...

Easy, easy car to do your own. I do UOA (used oil analyses) so I collect a sample when changing. BMWs interval is laughable. I figure 5k or so is fine.

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greg said:

I do mine. This is the easiest oil change of any car I've owned. No reaching down between a hot engine block and hot water hoses to loosen an oil filter a 1/16 turn at a time, spilling oil all over the exhaust headers.....

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Almost a ditto.

My F250 4x4 turbodiesel doesn't require the use of a jack. But come to think of it, I need a short ladder to get the oil back in, so maybe it is a wash!

the M is really pretty quick-

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