How often do you change your oil?

jdOTM4 · 06-29-2019, 06:15 AM

Hi guys,

So I just got my 2015 YMB about a month ago at 28K miles. I've put about 5k mileage on the car already and I was wondering how often do you guys change your oil? Does the car let you know when a change is due? or do you guys change every 5k?

I'm curious just cause I do want to maintain my car considering how much mileage I put on the car.

gatorfast · 06-29-2019, 07:41 AM

Yes the car will let you know when oil service is required (approx every 10k miles) but I change mine every 5k miles.

NYG · 06-29-2019, 03:40 PM

Car will let you know. First oil change is @ 10k miles after break in service I believe.

Surprisingly the intervals on my M4CS are twice as long as the intervals on my 440. Car notified me to change oil every 5k~ miles.

blockdoc · 06-30-2019, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gatorfast

Yes the car will let you know when oil service is required (approx every 10k miles) but I change mine every 5k miles.

3000-5000 miles for me but also am running an E40 tune and using meth so have been advised to do more frequent changes

dpgfunk · 07-01-2019, 01:06 PM

5k

icegrill · 07-01-2019, 01:27 PM

Do people follow the date or mileage if the car is not a daily driver? I've always been of the mindset that the oil is provably fine if it's surpassed the date but mileage is well under 5k or less.

gatorfast · 07-01-2019, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by icegrill

Do people follow the date or mileage if the car is not a daily driver? I've always been of the mindset that the oil is provably fine if it's surpassed the date but mileage is well under 5k or less.

Probably fine but for very low mileage situations I would just change once a year if only for peace of mind.

hellokitty · 07-04-2019, 02:15 PM

Every 3-5k on average or twice a year.

Vegetable · 07-04-2019, 04:21 PM

every 9-10K (approx every 2.5 months). I'm at 32,000 miles in my 2019 and I have had a total of 4 oil changes (1 being the first 1,200 mile change).

Paisano · 07-06-2019, 08:37 AM

6,000 - 6,500 km. I drive the car very hard and expect A lot out of it.

wangboy925 · 07-16-2019, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Vegetable

every 9-10K (approx every 2.5 months). I'm at 32,000 miles in my 2019 and I have had a total of 4 oil changes (1 being the first 1,200 mile change).

Thats ALOT of mileage. What do you do to drive it soooo much?

N55Msport · 07-16-2019, 03:08 PM

5,000 buy me, the next 5,000 by the dealer who resets the service indicator.

SD ///M4 · 07-16-2019, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by gatorfast

Yes the car will let you know when oil service is required (approx every 10k miles) but I change mine every 5k miles.

Same. I've always changed the oil at half the recommended intervals on all my BMWs. Oil is relatively cheap.

agentrnge · 07-17-2019, 03:08 PM

I have always done 7-8k miles, which is usually ~12-16 months depending on which of 2 cars I am favoring. I will do the same with the M3.

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Originally Posted by Vegetable

every 9-10K (approx every 2.5 months). I'm at 32,000 miles in my 2019 and I have had a total of 4 oil changes (1 being the first 1,200 mile change).

Serious miles! +1 yeah whats your situation?

kevin85 · 08-04-2019, 03:28 PM

can I just change the oil at every 5k miles and change the oil filter every 10k miles?

gatorfast · 08-04-2019, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kevin85

can I just change the oil at every 5k miles and change the oil filter every 10k miles?

Why would you do that? The filter is super easy to change and inexpensive. Oil and filter always together.

blockdoc · 08-05-2019, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by gatorfast

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Originally Posted by kevin85

can I just change the oil at every 5k miles and change the oil filter every 10k miles?

Why would you do that? The filter is super easy to change and inexpensive. Oil and filter always together.

Plus one

agentrnge · 08-05-2019, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kevin85

can I just change the oil at every 5k miles and change the oil filter every 10k miles?

+1 change both at the same time.

If anything, given the filter is so cheap, I have sometimes changed just the filter at 4K or half way through an ~8K oil change interval on other cars. I might continue to do the same on the M3

I am a little surprised how tiny the oil filter is on these cars.

JeffO · 08-09-2019, 06:27 PM

Official BMW notification on my car is 12 months or 10k. My car so far is on the 12 month cycle, because I'm only getting about 8k per year. The car gave me a notification on the 1st day of the 12th month of the previous service. I do a change myself in between and always use a genuine filter. Once my warranty is up I will use Mann filters because they look exactly the same and are less expensive.

minn19 · 08-10-2019, 12:19 AM

Every 100 miles, can’t be too safe about oil condition etc. Even though it is rarely the cause of an engine break down.

I love oil threads.

bobbyh907 · 08-24-2019, 10:07 PM

Every 5k miles. If you run longer intervals I strongly reccomend doing UOA's to verify protection. The OE 0w-30 breaks down to a 20wt in just 4k miles.

hellokitty · 08-25-2019, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bobbyh907

Every 5k miles. If you run longer intervals I strongly reccomend doing UOA's to verify protection. The OE 0w-30 breaks down to a 20wt in just 4k miles.

Or switch to Pennzoil 5W-40 hehe

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Vegetable Lieutenant Colonel 793 Rep 1,627 Posts Drives: 2019 M4 MT Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Humboldt iTrader: (0)	every 9-10K (approx every 2.5 months). I'm at 32,000 miles in my 2019 and I have had a total of 4 oil changes (1 being the first 1,200 mile change). __________________ M4 in MG \| 6 MT
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JeffO Enlisted Member 14 Rep 31 Posts Drives: F80 M3 6MT Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Official BMW notification on my car is 12 months or 10k. My car so far is on the 12 month cycle, because I'm only getting about 8k per year. The car gave me a notification on the 1st day of the 12th month of the previous service. I do a change myself in between and always use a genuine filter. Once my warranty is up I will use Mann filters because they look exactly the same and are less expensive.
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bobbyh907 Private 34 Rep 66 Posts Drives: 2015 M3 Alpine White Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Alaska iTrader: (0)	Every 5k miles. If you run longer intervals I strongly reccomend doing UOA's to verify protection. The OE 0w-30 breaks down to a 20wt in just 4k miles.
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