[BoostedE21]

In This Thread: We list our oil consumption per oil change. Try to standardize it to quarts per 5000 miles (simple proportions) if you don't mind - or if you're really SOL, you can do it by quarts per tank of fuel.

 

[marcin_os]

If I may add something.
Please add also production date year/month.

My previous M5 1998/11
Very high consumption. For 1000 kilometers/ 620 miles - 1 liter during normal driving, sometimes with harder/ trackday driving up to 1,5 1,7 liters.

Now I have 2002/07, I have it from last Friday, I take a look and write.

 

[E55AMG2]

0 quarts/7500mi interval

250cc-500cc if there is a track day.

 

[tranck]

About 2.5 quarts per 5K miles - 2000 MY - 11/99 production date. 250,000 miles fwiw. Always used about the same ~.

 

[frank_m539]

my e39 m5 11/99 with 146.000 km
For 1000 kilometers / 620 miles - 1 liter during normal driving.
with harder / trackday driving up to 2 liters :-((

bye

 

[Tiauguinho]

2001 M5 with 183 000km:
1litre for 10 000km.

 

[klunk]

02/00 Build date

zero oil consumption so far in 3k miles.

No track days, occasional hard use..

 

[Sales Geek]

My M5 is a 2000 with a 2002 engine. Is there a reliable way to tell the engine build date? I suspect this can be done by giving BMW the engine s/n but am not sure.

 

[Mfreakin5]

2003 with 103,000 miles. 3/03 build date

0.5-1.0 qt/1000 miles, depending on how much time I spend above 4,000 rpm. She takes 2qt/1000 miles now but the extra is from an oil leak.

I use the BMW 5w-30.

 

[Alin10123]

Perhaps we should add in the oil that we use too

 

[bono]

1 litre every 400miles, I think 1 litre is equal to 0.87987663 of your Imperial quarts (unless there are different types of quarts?)

 

[MarkQC]

my e39 m5 11/99 with 146.000 km For 1000 kilometers / 620 miles - 1 liter during normal driving.....

+1


mine - 7/99 108,000 km - - 1000 kilometers / 620 miles - 1 liter during my normally spirited driving


or to the specifics of the question - - 'Try to standardize it to quarts per 5000 miles' (5000 mi. = 8046.72 km);


- it works out to approximately 8 quarts for 5000 miles cherrsagai


SO WHAT'S THE GOOD NEWS? - - well, TWS ON SALE of course - - at only 10 euro a liter! :wow:

.

 

[bmcwhirt]

11/99 Build date, 104000 miles - 1 Liter every 1200 miles or 4 liters every 5000 miles.

 

[josiahg52]

1/2001 - <0.5L per 5700-6200 miles.

Occasionaly approaching ~1L under certain conditions; 1L on one 9300 mile interval.

We'll have to see about my new M5 . . .

-J

 

[technician117]

-02/00
-I use TWS 10w-60
-about 2,500 miles/ liter
-I've only put 5,000 miles on the car, using 2 liters in that time. Some hard driving, parking lot snow fun, no track time.

 

[jt2ma71]

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I use to consume a liter every 400-500 miles but I drove pretty hard with lots of engine braking, strted changing oil more regularly with 0w40 and less engine braking. I am now at 1 liter every approx 5000km. I can only assume because I usually change it at 3000km and I'm not even down .5 liter.

11/99
130k miles

 

[balmo]

09/00 build date
89000 miles
10w-60 tws every 5000 miles

0 liters per 5000 miles

 

[kaiserben]

02/00 build date car, burns 1L of TWS in ~1500-2000 miles.

 

[vantaam5]

2003,90k miles,2l/5000 miles(driven hard) before rebuild,after should be a bit less...

 

[manualshifter]

1/2000 M5 55k miles or (89k km ) used 1 qt or (1.2litres) TWS last 300mi (500km) urban commuting and one highway trip.