Engine Oil Level

[///F80M3]

I'm going to do my own oil change tomorrow so I need some help before I dive in. I know our cars require 6.5 liters of oil so should I just should pour in all 7 quarts (6.6 Liters)? I don't believe it's possible to top off the oil using the iDrive increments because I think it will show max level regardless if it's 6.5 quarts or 7 quarts.

[gatorfast]

Why not just try to hold back a little so it's 6.5L instead of 6.6? The extra .1L prob won't hurt anything but I don't see any reason to add it intentionally.

I assume you are not using BMW branded oil since you mentioned quarts?

[///F80M3]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

Why not just try to hold back a little so it's 6.5L instead of 6.6? The extra .1L prob won't hurt anything but I don't see any reason to add it intentionally.

I assume you are not using BMW branded oil since you mentioned quarts?

Wow completely forgot bmw brand is in liters lol. Makes sense now to do exactly 6.5L. Thanks for reminding me!!

[SikkS1K]

I use to be a BMW technican till the recession happened. I ended up going back to aviation. Now when I worked at bmw we would always put 7 qts of oil in the inline 6 engines. I just picked up my 2015 M4 last week. I performed a oil change on it the other day. Bought 0-30 from BMW with a filter, being I still have 1 year left on my warranty. I just put all 7 liters/quarts in the engine, and the oil level was spot on. I am just saying this because trust me no bmw tech is going to waste their time checking .5 of oil going into the engine. they are flat rate. get it in, get it out as fast as you can. especially since bmw cut the fru's on mostly everything for the tech.

[gatorfast]

Originally Posted by SikkS1K

I use to be a BMW technican till the recession happened. I ended up going back to aviation. Now when I worked at bmw we would always put 7 qts of oil in the inline 6 engines. I just picked up my 2015 M4 last week. I performed a oil change on it the other day. Bought 0-30 from BMW with a filter, being I still have 1 year left on my warranty. I just put all 7 liters/quarts in the engine, and the oil level was spot on. I am just saying this because trust me no bmw tech is going to waste their time checking .5 of oil going into the engine. they are flat rate. get it in, get it out as fast as you can. especially since bmw cut the fru's on mostly everything for the tech.

Sounds like you were a poor mechanic and continue the practice on your own car. Its not any more work to pour 1/2L of the 7th bottle than it is to pour the whole thing in. Not sure how that is possibly a "waste of time". I call it doing the job right and taking pride in your work. Perhaps 1/2L is not enough to trigger the overfill warning but you still overfilled your engine oil, and did so deliberately which is truly odd

[///F80M3]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

Sounds like you were a poor mechanic and continue the practice on your own car. Its not any more work to pour 1/2L of the 7th bottle than it is to pour the whole thing in. Not sure how that is possibly a "waste of time". I call it doing the job right and taking pride in your work. Perhaps 1/2L is not enough to trigger the overfill warning but you still overfilled your engine oil, and did so deliberately which is truly odd

I put 7L of oil and it still isn't max. I initially put 6.5L then 7L since it was less than half full. Now it's still about 3/4 full so I need to buy more oil. It's weird!!

[gatorfast]

Originally Posted by ///F80M3

I put 7L of oil and it still isn't max. I initially put 6.5L then 7L since it was less than half full. Now it's still about 3/4 full so I need to buy more oil. It's weird!!

That is strange indeed. Do you possibly have a leak somewhere?

Also, the electronic dipstick reading somewhere between min and max is exactly what it is supposed to say (think of it as a real physical dipstick). Your engine isnt 3/4 full of oil but rather 3/4 above the minimum level and 1/4 below the max, i.e. perfectly filled. No need for you to add more oil.

[///F80M3]

Originally Posted by gatorfast

That is strange indeed. Do you possibly have a leak somewhere?

Also, the electronic dipstick reading somewhere between min and max is exactly what it is supposed to say (think of it as a real physical dipstick). Your engine isnt 3/4 full of oil but rather 3/4 above the minimum level and 1/4 below the max, i.e. perfectly filled. No need for you to add more oil.

Makes sense. I did use liqui moly engine flush don't know if that makes a difference since it flushes sludge out. :