Pale blue smoke Oil

[Theworldswisestman]

Hey

Purchased my 64 plate M4 just over a week ago, driving down to Shell Island this weekend it popped up saying “when possible please add a 1 litre of Oil...”

So next service station I pulled over and added 1 litre of 5W30 as they had no 0W30. 200 miles later and the same message popped up. So I went to Halfords and brought some 0W30 as that was also recommend in the manual.

Added that litre and after driving for 5-10 mins I have now noticed smoke coming from tailpipes. In some cases it does look white and looking closer to it could be pale blue.

So I’m assuming I have definitely added too much oil to the car, I used the on board computer twice to check the oil level which shows it’s at maximum but doesn’t indicate if it has been over filled.

What should I do?
Could I be at serious risk of ruining the car?
Is it safe to drive to a local garage? (5miles)

[gatorfast]

Take it to the dealer. White smoke is usually an indication of a failing turbo and oil burning.

[Theworldswisestman]

Booked in with my Local BMW garage tomorrow morning so they can run diagnostics

Hoping this will highlight any other issues the car might have in the future, see what can be fixed under the warranty I got when purchasing the car.

[Theworldswisestman]

BMW checked it out, they have reviewed the car and cannot find any fault with it.

Very strange

[Theworldswisestman]

[gatorfast]

That absolutely looks like what my previous bimmer did when the turbo was failing. I don't know bmw can say that it is normal for your car to do that.

[NickyC]

It blows smoke like that all the time? If so, how could they possibly say there's no fault? I've never seen smoke a single time with my car. Good luck!

Nice color choice by the way!

[BzsBimmer]

There’s no way you should be burning that much oil

[Fast4d]

you would smell oil as well

[papasmurf_m3]

It could likely the seals on the turbo are going. It's sucking oil through the seals and going into the motor. Even a tiny bit makes a huge smoke cloud.

Ask them to remove the charge pipe at throttle body and check for excessive oil residue. That will be your tell tale.

But, hopefully it's something small like a clogged PCV valve or something.

GL and try and report back.

[JamesGames]

S55 isn't really a known oil consumer. Having to add 2 liters in that short amount of time isn't normal - I'd take it back